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Happy New Year!

2012-01-01T00:00:00.002+08:00

Maligayang-maligayang Bagong Taon po sa lahat!

At bilang pasimula, eto na ang aking TOP 10 NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION FOR 2012!

1. Travel more (uli, last year eto ang No. 1 ko, pero, natupad din naman kahit papaano, layas kasi ako eh, kaya gusto ko uli para sa taong 2012).
2. More Inner Dance (dapat hindi mawala ito).
3. Paint more (ack, DAPAT talaga ito, medyo nadiskaril last year!)
4. Workout or Exercise (mukhang mahirap, pero KAILANGANG gawin - parang gustong kong magpalaki ng katawan at braso, hindi tyan!)
5. Healthier living (pwede na kaya akong maging Vegan?)
6. Do Agnihotra (base sa schedule ko, baka tuwing weekend na lang)
7. Give more importance to work (pahalagahan ang mga trabaho at maging mabait sa mga estudyante, dahil sila ang bumubuhay sa akin!)
8. Create more friends (mas maraming kaibigan, mas masaya)
9. Save for the future (huwag puro gasta!)
10. Pay debts (magbayad sa mga pinagkakautangan - kaunting-kaunti na lang, sana lubos na!)

Wala akong nabanggit tungkol pamilya ko, dahil wala naman akong dapat baguhin, maayos naman kami at sana manatiling ganu'n...HAPPY NEW YEAR sa lahat!

The 3rd San Pablo Comics Festival Gyud!

2011-12-08T16:44:00.011+08:00

Ahahah, maski abalang-abala ang lahat sa kanya-kanyang raket at trabaho, 'buti na lang natuloy pa rin ang San Pablo Komiks Festival ngayong taon!

Sobrang-sobrang SAYA at PASASALAMAT po sa lahat ng mga TUMULONG at PUMUNTA para sa kasayahan na ito. MARAMING, MARAMING SALAMAT PO TALAGA sa mga sumusunod:

ULTIMART SHOPPING PLAZA
UNITED ARCHITECT OF THE PHILIPPINES (UAP)
Expressions
Funhouse
Comic Odyssey
ElectroMagnetic Tentacles
Walk me Home

Ang aming super-espeyshal na mga panauhin na sina MANIX ABRERA at POL MEDINA, Jr.

Grabeh, sa lahat ng mga exhibitor/kaibigan galing pa ng Maynila:

Comic Odyssey
Komiks Veterans na pinangunahan nina Mang Danny Acuña at Jorvy Ondis
Lightbox Studio
Core Studio sa pangunguna ni Andrew Villar
Gio Paredes
Randy Valiente
Rawwr Studio sa pangunguna ni Patrick Rawwr
Pugad Baboy Crew sa pangunguna ni Pol Medina, Jr.
Trese group: Kajo Baldisimo at Budjette Tan
Ner Pedriña, Rommel "Omeng" Estanislao, SSM at Freely Abrigo
Komikon Organizers

Siyempre pa, ang aming mga partners in crime:

KOMIKERO Artist Group
Graphic Literature Guild (GLG)
Komikero Publishing, Inc.
JonasDiego.com

...at sa dalawang (2) kumag na may kagagawan ng lahat ng ito, GERRY "ManongLisa smile" ALANGUILAN at JONAS DIEGO...LOVE YOU GUYS! Sa susunod na taon ulit!

At eto ang mga highlight o kaganapan n'ung araw na 'yun...SALAMAT kila Gerry, Jonas at CARLO PAGULAYAN para sa mga larawan.

Ang lugar na pinagganapan, Ultimart Shopping Plaza!

Bago ang Festival, nagkaroon muna ng maliit na Exhibit sa ikalawang palapag ng Ultimart, nakabalandra d'un ang mga gawang Pinoy na komiks sa mga nagdaang taon. Tatlong araw din na nasilayan ng maraming tao ang kagalingan ng mga Pinoy pagdating sa komiks!

...ang exhibit...

...kakalagay pa lang , may tumitingin na kaagad!

...si Jonas, habang nagbabantay ng exhibit...at tumitingin na rin...

...sa pag-akyat mo ng Ultimart, ito na kaagad ang makikita mo!

At kinabukasan, eto na nga ang FESTIVAL!

...sa umaga ng paghahanda, maski si Manix na special guest, tumutulong....ohhhhh, MABAIT ngang bata!

oh 'di ba, mabait nga!

At eto na ang mga exhibitor!

Komikero Artist Group at GLG, Kevin, Enzo, Angelo, Ate Ilyn, Zarah, ako at si Jason!

ang booth ni ELMER!

Da Greyt MANIX ABRERA!

...'di pa man nagsisimula, may mga nagpapapirma na kaagad kay Manix!

...ang parating mabentang COMIC ODYSSEY...

...kitams!

Ang mga pinagkaguluhang KOMIKS Veterans...

...grabeh, ang dami nilang FANS hah!

Core Studio, sa pangunguna ni Andrew Villar, at si Ambush!

Lightbox Studio sa pangunguna ni Brian Balondo.

Jonas, Gio, and Randy!

Si Gio Paredes ng KALAYAAN!

Randy Valiente in da haws!

Rawwr Studio!

Mel Casipit!

Ner Pedriña, Rommel Estanislao, SSM, at Freely Abrigo!

...ang magigiting nilang mga komiks!

Ang TRESE group, Wella, Budjette, and Kajo!

...At ang mga taga-KOMIKON (kasama ang "hindi taong" si Neil Cervantes - HAYOP 'yang MAGKULAY, hehehe....): Jon Zamar, Ariel Atienza, at Syeri Baet-zamar, kasama rin nila sina Lyndon Gregorio at Lei Muncal!

Kada oras o depende sa gusto, namimigay din naman kami ng mga papremyo (komiks o t-shirt) kapag nasagot nila ang aking mga tanong tungkol sa komiks!

At hindi lang 'yan, may pa-contest din naman sa pagguhit na nilahukan ng marami!

kanya-kanyang hanap ng lugar sa paggawa ng entry nila...

...kitams!

At ito ang mga butihing hurado: Pol Medina, Jr, Gerry Alanguilan, Kajo Baldisimo at Carlo Pagulayan!

Si Polgas, habang iniinterbyu!

Kwela talaga siya!

Siyempre, huwag kalimutan ang ibang artists!

Busy sa pagpo-promote ng mga latest na gawa nila!

Sa pagtatapos, ang pagpapasalamat sa lahat...

at harana ng bandang WALK ME HOME...

Ang galing nila hah!

At siyempre, hindi mawawala ang video na ginawa ni Fafah Gerry, enjoy!

Make and Drink Your Own Emoto HADO Water

2011-12-01T16:59:00.000+08:00

Here are some steps you can take to prepare and drink the HADO water.

Buy some mineral water. If you can find some in a glass container, that's best. The plastic containers leach plasticizers into the water that pollute it. Tap water is hard to purify because the chlorine seems to affect the structure even after the chlorine evaporates according to Dr. Emoto's research.
Keep a gallon or two of mineral water in front of a music source where you can play purifying water music. In Dr. Emoto's two books, you can find out the names of various symphonies and songs that produce great crystals. Some of these musical sources of HADO include Beethoven's Ninth, John Lennon's Imagine, and Amazing Grace.
Prepare a HADO bottle of water. This process if highly individual.
Start with a clear glass jar. One that holds about a quart is fine. Peel off any labels and clean the outside of the jar.
Cut out small pieces of paper (about 3" by 5").
Write messages on the pieces of paper.
One message should be "Love and Gratitude".
If you have some illness or pain you want to go away, another message can be "[Name of pain or illness] Has Gone".
A third message should be "The eternal power of the universe has gathered itself to create a world with true and grand harmony".
I also suggest you put a message on another sheet of paper with the name of your religion.
Tape these messages onto the outside of the container so that they face inward towards the water.
Put them in different places on the outside so that no message obscures any other message in facing the water inside.
Keep this HADO jar full of mineral water that has been in front of your speakers that have been vibrating with high HADO music.
Keep the water away from microwaves, televisions, computers and cell phones. All of those energy sources harm the structure of water as shown in Dr. Emoto's photographs.
Drink as often as possible from the HADO jar and refill it. Drink the amount of water that's healthy for you. But try to get as much of that water as possible from this jar. You can carry some of the water with you when you are away from your source.
Be thankful as you drink the water.
Dr. Emoto's experiments suggest that you will further purify the water if you say or think the following thoughts as you drink the water:
"We love you, water."
"Thank you, water."
"We will take care of you, water."
Also thank God and the Angels for the water and ask them to bless it as you drink it.

Notice any changes that occur after you begin drinking HADO water and eating high HADO foods.

You may notice no changes . . . or you may notice quite a few. Finding some improvement is essential to seeing whether this approach is for you.

Kwentong Tambay: 3rd San Pablo Komiks Festival

2011-11-30T07:47:00.000+08:00

The 3rd San Pablo Comics Festival

2011-11-29T19:31:00.005+08:00

Inaanyayahan po ang lahat, sana makapunta kayo!

...paki-click na lang po para sa detalye.

The Chicken Which Should be Banned

2011-11-10T06:21:00.002+08:00

Do you put dimethylpolysiloxane, an anti-foaming agent made of silicone, in your chicken dishes?

How about tertiary butylhydroquinone (TBHQ), a chemical preservative so deadly that just five grams can kill you?

These are just two of the ingredients in a McDonalds Chicken McNugget. Only 50 percent of a McNugget is actually chicken. The other 50 percent includes corn derivatives, sugars, leavening agents and completely synthetic ingredients.

Organic Authority helpfully transcribed the full ingredients list provided by McDonalds:

"White boneless chicken, water, food starch-modified, salt, seasoning (autolyzed yeast extract, salt, wheat starch, natural flavoring (botanical source), safflower oil, dextrose, citric acid, rosemary), sodium phosphates, seasoning (canola oil, mono- and diglycerides, extractives of rosemary).

Battered and breaded with: water, enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), yellow corn flour, food starch-modified, salt, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, calcium lactate), spices, wheat starch, whey, corn starch.

Prepared in vegetable oil (Canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil with TBHQ and citric acid added to preserve freshness). Dimethylpolysiloxane added as an antifoaming agent."

Dr. Mercola's Comments:

There's no doubt about it. Processed food like that from McDonald's is just not part of a healthful diet – in fact, much of it cannot even pass for real food.

After reviewing the above article I am very grateful I can say I have never had a Chicken McNugget from McDonald's. If you can't say the same at least you can commit to never having another one again.

This sentiment was echoed by Federal Judge Robert Sweet in a lawsuit against the restaurant chain back in 2003 when he said:

"Chicken McNuggets, rather than being merely chicken fried in a pan, are a McFrankenstein creation of various elements not utilized by the home cook."

At the time, Time Magazine reported that Judge Sweet "questioned whether customers understood the risks of eating McDonald's chicken over regular chicken."

That was seven years ago, and I still wonder whether or not McDonald's customers truly understand the risks they take when consuming fast food on a regular basis.

If you missed Morgan Spurlock's documentary Super-Size Me, I highly recommend you watch it with your entire family. It's a real-life illustration of just how dangerous – life threatening, in fact – an excessive fast food diet can really be. And "excessive" consumption is likely far less than you imagine: Eating fast food just twice a week DOUBLES your risk of developing insulin resistance, compared to eating it just once a week, for example. Insulin resistance, as I've discussed on many occasions, is one of THE primary driving factors behind most of the diseases we currently struggle with, from diabetes to cancer and heart disease...

The truth is, McDonald's fare contain non-food ingredients that can seriously harm your health.

This shouldn't come as any great surprise. After all, how healthful can something be that shows no signs of decomposing after being left on a counter for more than a decade?

Clearly there's more chemicals in there than actual, real foodstuff.

Chicken McNuggets: "Made With White Meat"... and What Else?

According to McDonald's, their chicken nuggets are "made with white meat, wrapped up in a crisp tempura batter." But as the article above shows, these chicken nuggets are a far cry from what you might expect, based on that description.

About half of it is actual chicken. The rest is a mix of corn-derived fillers and additives (most likely genetically modified), along with a slew of synthetic chemicals, including:
Dimethyl polysiloxane, a type of silicone with anti-foaming properties used in cosmetics and a variety of other goods like Silly Putty
Tertiary butylhydroquinone (TBHQ), a petroleum-based product with antioxidant properties

The latter, TBHQ, is typically listed as an "antioxidant," but it's important to realize it is a SYNTHETIC chemical with antioxidant properties – NOT a natural antioxidant.

The chemical prevents oxidation of fats and oils, thereby extending shelf life of processed foods. It's a commonly used ingredient in processed foods of all kinds, but you can also find it in varnishes, lacquers, pesticide products, as well as cosmetics and perfumes to reduce the evaporation rate and improve stability.

At its 19th and 21st meetings, the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives determined that TBHQ was safe for human consumption at levels of 0-0.5 mg/kg of body weight. However, more recently, the Codex commission set the maximum allowable limits up to between 100 to as much as 400 mg/kg, depending on the food it's added to. (Chewing gum is permitted to contain the highest levels of TBHQ.)

That's quite a discrepancy in supposedly "safe" limits!

So, is the safe level zero, or 400 mg/kg? Who knows?!

According to A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives, one gram of TBHQ can cause:
Nausea
Vomiting
Ringing in the ears (tinnitus)
Delirium
Sense of suffocation
Collapse

Based on animal studies, health hazards associated with TBHQ include:
liver effects at very low doses
positive mutation results from in vitro tests on mammalian cells
biochemical changes at very low doses
reproductive effects at high doses

The good news is that it is not suspected to be a persistent toxin, meaning your body is probably able to eliminate it so that it does not bioaccumulate.

REAL Food "Lives" and "Dies"

I recently commented on the curious ability of McDonald's food to remain impervious to degradation. It's as if the food has been embalmed to stay "fresh" forever! After sitting on a shelf for 14 years, the hamburger bun has yet to develop a single trace of mold. It's barely even begun to shrivel...

Folks, these buns bear absolutely no resemblance to real bread, and when you read the list of ingredients, this mysterious mummification feature becomes less of a mystery.

Here are just a few of the ingredients in a McDonald's hamburger bun:
calcium sulfate (aka Plaster of Paris)
calcium carbonate (Antacid medication)
ammonium sulfate (According to MSDS,“harmful if swallowed”)
ammonium chloride (Causes irritation to the gastrointestinal tract. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting and diarrhea)
calcium propionate (Preservative)
sodium propionate (Mold inhibitor)

Always remember that wholesome, health-promoting food is "live" food, and the hallmark of live food is the fact that it will decompose.

The fact that these burgers, buns, and fries do not decompose, even after a decade or two, is a clear sign that it's just not real food, and should not be part of your diet.

You Are What You Eat...

The bottom line is that if you want to stay healthy, and keep your children healthy, you have to avoid fast food and other processed foods, and invest some time in your kitchen, cooking from scratch. Reclaiming your kitchen is part and parcel of healthful living, so you know exactly what you're putting in your body.

Ideally, you'll want to consume as much whole, raw, organic and/or locally grown foods as possible. That's one of the major reasons why vegetable juicing works so well – you're consuming living raw food!

Most vegetables also have very low carbohydrate levels that minimally disturb insulin metabolism – another important trait of a healthful diet -- but there is something very special about vegetable juicing and eating live raw foods in general.

In addition, I believe optimal health is also largely dependent on eating the right foods for your nutritional type. I think this is such an important part of an optimal diet that I am now offering the entire Nutritional Typing program to you for free.

If you're "hooked" on fast food and other processed foods, please review my recent article How to Wean Yourself Off Processed Foods in 7 Steps. If you're currently sustaining yourself on fast food and processed foods, this is probably the most positive life change you could ever make.

And if you have children, remember that feeding your children home cooked meals can have far reaching benefits, extending even to your future grandchildren. Yes, that's right! It is now well known that dietary changes can prompt epigenetic DNA changes that can be passed on to future generations. For instance, pregnant rats fed a fatty diet had daughters and granddaughters with a greater risk of breast cancer.

Making wise food decisions can literally "override" genetic predispositions for disease.

AQUINO COJUANGCO: FACTS THEY DONT WANT YOU TO KNOW

2011-11-08T09:26:00.000+08:00

KOMIKON 2011

2011-11-02T17:16:00.003+08:00

KOMIKON naaaaahhhhh!!

Whohoooooh!

SIGURADO akong PUPUNTA dito!

...paki-click na lang po ang poster para sa iba pang detalye.

Win a Pencil Brush!

2011-10-31T07:59:00.000+08:00

...please click the poster for more details.

I. What’s the competition about?
- It’s an art contest! In a single page, draw a character related to the theme (No colors). Make it unique, exciting, creative and fun! And one of the main goals is to create and expand awareness of pinoys when it comes to art and comics.

The competition will officially start on November 8 and will end on December 27, 2011

II. Theme?
- The contest will have a “Superhero” theme, so this means you can’t submit a drawing of a horse, or a man doing owling or whatevs! You can draw existing characters like Batman, Superman, Spidey, or other characters from video games but it would definitely be great if it was your own character or your own rendition of a character.

UPDATE: All drawing should be in pencils, NO INKING and NO COLORS

III. Categories?
- There will only be 3 Categories: Best Male, Best Female and Best Creature design (eg. Aliens, Monsters, Folklore/Mythological). So please bear in mind these categories when you start on your entry.

IV. Who can join?
- Everyone! No age limit! Pros and Non-pros! I MEAN EVERYONE! and its NATIONWIDE!

V. Submission Process?
- You will have to scan your work, and just email us directly the scanned image — 1 entry per person, per category only.

UPDATE: You can submit upto 3 different entries per category, so this means you can submit an entry per category. 1 for best male, 1 for best female and 1 for best creature

- Be sure to put in these details when submitting your entries:

SUBJECT: Pencilbrush – FlipGeeks Contest
SEND TO:
For Best Male and Best Female categories, please send to info@pencilbrush.com
For Best Creature (non-human) category, please send to submissions@flipgeeks.net
In the details, include the following:
Complete name of participant
Title of artwork/entry

- You can submit your entries anytime and day w/in the contest duration. (Please see Section I)

- During the contest, there will be a “Publishing Day” which will occur every Tuesday (11/8, 11/15, 11/22, ….12/27). On this day, all new entries submitted before the Publishing Day will be posted/published in both FlipGeeks and Pencilbrush Facebook pages.

Voting Process and how to win?

- There will be a voting process, and it will involve Facebook LIKES (FlipGeeks and Pencilbrush).

1. All qualifying entries will be showcased in the Voting page for online voting from 8th November - 27th December 2011.
2. Winners will be selected by highest number of votes.
3. All voters in the winning entries will be rolled over to a lucky draw component, where 1 lucky voter from each category will be awarded.
4. All winners will be notified via email and through the Pencilbrush online community on 10 January 2012.
5. Judges decisions are final.

Prizes?

1 x Best Male Superhero: 1 Pencilbrush, 1 book + add-ons (worth about $100)
1 x Best Female Superhero: 1 Pencilbrush, 1 book + add-ons (worth about $100)
1 x Best Creature: 1 Pencilbrush, 1 book + add-ons (worth about $100)
1 x Flipgeeks Editors Choice: 1 Pencilbrush, 1 book + add-ons (worth about $100)
1 x Student: 1 Pencilbrush, 1 book + add-ons (worth about $100)

THOR THE DEVIANTS SAGA PREMIERE SIGNING EVENT & 1-DAY SALE!

2011-10-29T07:48:00.001+08:00

Punta na!

Andong Agimat Animation

2011-10-28T07:53:00.001+08:00

Wow, Andong Agimat!

Enjoy!

Bad chocolate, bad!

2011-10-22T06:53:00.002+08:00

No more child labor chocolate: Halloween candy boycott targets Hershey's
Friday, October 21, 2011 by: Jonathan Benson, staff writer

(NaturalNews) Fed up with Hershey's continued import of cocoa harvested by children, a group of more than 45,000 consumers, has banded together to call on the company to stop the practice, and to urge consumers to boycott its chocolate this Halloween. Dubbed Hershey: Raise the Bar!, the initiative is calling on Hershey's to live up to its promise to end child labor, forced labor, and trafficking in its cocoa supply chains, which it has failed to do so far.

According to the petition, which can be found at Change.org, several major chocolate companies, including Hershey's, committed roughly a decade ago to stop using cocoa grown and harvested with child labor. Since that time, many of the other chocolate companies have made at least some progress in ridding their supply chains of child labor chocolate, but Hershey's has not.

You can watch the promotional video for the campaign here:

Raise the Bar! alleges that Hershey's continues to buy cocoa from suppliers that use child labor, and has taken no significant steps to identify the offenders and root them out. As a result, hundreds of thousands of children in West African countries like the Ivory Coast and Ghana still harvest cocoa that ends up in Hershey's chocolate bars.

"Unlike other companies, Hershey has not committed to sourcing cocoa for its main product line that has been independently certified to comply with international labor rights standards," says the petition. It adds that now is the time to "[t]ell Hershey to raise the bar and be a leader in sustainable chocolate and shift toward Fairtrade Certified cocoa."

In an effort to help move things along, the group is also calling for a massive boycott of Hershey's products this Halloween. Since the company's candies represent more than 42 percent of the overall US chocolate market, a widespread boycott could have a significant impact on Hershey's where it really matters -- on the bottom line.

Beyond just the child labor issues, Hershey's products also contain genetically-modified (GM) ingredients like sugar derived from GM sugar beets, and soy lecithin derived from Monsanto's Roundup Ready soybeans. Hershey's committed to removing these toxins from chocolate produced for the European market, but it continues to use them in chocolate made for the North American market

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/033940_child_labor_Hersheys.html#ixzz1bWEItYxW

GTMACCON na!

2011-10-20T09:50:00.003+08:00

Uy, ang unang GTMACCON: Gaming, Toys, Manga/Anim, Cosplays, Comic Convention!

Punta na!

Paki-click na lang po ang poster para sa iba pang detalye (FACEBOOK Page)!

The Secret Life of Dogs

2011-10-19T10:11:00.001+08:00

Man's Best Friend

Uploaded by Dogethology
December 17, 2010

Some scientists interviewed believe that the domestication of the dog from tame wolves was pivotal in helping humankind's transition from a hunter-gatherer to a farmer.

Archeological evidence suggests that dogs began being domesticated 100,000 years ago. Whereas science generally believes dog barks to be random, a Hungarian study discovered 6 main barks of which dog owners could easily identify their meaning.

An amazing dog featured here has learned over 300 words. In general, it is found that dogs are far better at reading and communicating with humans than are chimpanzees.

Another surprising theory is put forward: Genetically, dogs are wolves but they differ from wolves in an important way in their behavior: Dogs are child-like in the way they relate to human beings. That is the reason we love them so much and the reason they love us back. Dogs behave like immature wolves!

This documentary is a lot of fun, especially if you're a dog lover.

Source: http://www.forbiddenknowledgetv.com/videos/animals/the-secret-life-of-dogs--full-length-documentary.html

MISSION POSSIBLE!

2011-10-18T15:25:00.002+08:00

Bagong libro mula sa IDOLO kong si NICKY PERLAS!

Paki-click na lang po ang picture para sa iba pang detalye.

Does fructose really cause cancer?

2011-10-16T10:03:00.000+08:00

This week it’s impossible to miss the headlines that fructose causes breast and pancreatic cancer. But does this really mean we have to pour our OJ down the drain and compost our dried dates and raisins, vowing never to approach the fruit aisle at the supermarket again?

What all the reporting is leaving out is the reason why fructose is associated with cancer. The simple reason is that sugar isn’t just burned by cells. Sugar also becomes the backbone of DNA.

DNA is composed in part of incredibly long chains of ribose sugar. It’s easier for those cells to make ribose from fructose than it is for them to make it from any other source. However, the process is not automatic.

The conversion of fructose to pentose only occurs when there are also fluctuations in an enzyme called transketolase. This enzyme responds to excess sugar, not necessarily by fructose sugar. It’s not just the presence of fructose that triggers the production of large amounts of ribose. It’s also consuming too many carbs in general. There is a sudden enthusiasm for the more natural cane sugar, or sucrose, but it’s essential to remember that sucrose is a chemical combination of glucose and fructose. You don’t avoid fructose by eating cane sugar.

But what does all this have to do with cancer, anyway?

you consume tiny amounts of fructose, you don’t trigger the massive production of ribose in cancer cells.

There is a difference, of course, between high-fructose corn syrup and fructose from fruit. “High” fructose isn’t 100% fructose. It’s also glucose, just in a different ratio than table sugar. The idea for using high-fructose corn syrup is that it doesn’t dry out the same way that cane sugar does, and it’s a nifty excuse for planting lots of corn, selling lots of seed and fertilizer and tractors, creating a new commodity for hedge funds, and so on. Eating no more than about 15 grams (3 spoons) up to twice a day won’t trigger the nasty reactions that accelerate cancer proliferation, and eating a single piece of fruit earlier in the day and another piece of fruit later in the day won’t, either.

Dunking a dozen doughnuts, on the other hand, is practically a prescription for cancer growth. It’s just important to remember that with fructose as with everything else, stay within a healthy limit. And it’s probably best to avoid high-fructose corn syrup altogether, if only to send the hedge fund managers, GMO creators, and pesticide purveyors a lesson.

Source: http://www.bewellbuzz.com/experts/does-fructose-really-cause-cancer/

Sasquatch!

2011-10-14T13:53:00.002+08:00

Oh, totoo pala si SASQUATCH!

Ooops, wrong Sasquatch!

Hmmmn, waiting for the rest of Alpha Flight now...

Nobel Prize Winner Luc Montagnier Supports Science of Homeopathy

2011-10-12T10:35:00.003+08:00

(NaturalNews) Dr. Luc Montagnier, the French virologist who won the Nobel Prize in 2008 for discovering the AIDS virus, has surprised the scientific community with his strong support for homeopathic medicine.

In a remarkable interview published in Science magazine of December 24, 2010, (1) Professor Luc Montagnier, has expressed support for the often maligned and misunderstood medical specialty of homeopathic medicine. Although homeopathy has persisted for 200+ years throughout the world and has been the leading alternative treatment method used by physicians in Europe, (2) most conventional physicians and scientists have expressed skepticism about its efficacy due to the extremely small doses of medicines used.

Most clinical research conducted on homeopathic medicines that has been published in peer-review journals have shown positive clinical results,(3, 4) especially in the treatment of respiratory allergies (5, 6), influenza, (7) fibromyalgia, (8, 9) rheumatoid arthritis, (10) childhood diarrhea, (11) post-surgical abdominal surgery recovery, (12) attention deficit disorder, (13) and reduction in the side effects of conventional cancer treatments. (14) In addition to clinical trials, several hundred basic science studies have confirmed the biological activity of homeopathic medicines. One type of basic science trials, called in vitro studies, found 67 experiments (1/3 of them replications) and nearly 3/4 of all replications were positive. (15, 16)

In addition to the wide variety of basic science evidence and clinical research, further evidence for homeopathy resides in the fact that they gained widespread popularity in the U.S. and Europe during the 19th century due to the impressive results people experienced in the treatment of epidemics that raged during that time, including cholera, typhoid, yellow fever, scarlet fever, and influenza.

Montagnier, who is also founder and president of the World Foundation for AIDS Research and Prevention, asserted, "I can't say that homeopathy is right in everything. What I can say now is that the high dilutions (used in homeopathy) are right. High dilutions of something are not nothing. They are water structures which mimic the original molecules."

Here, Montagnier is making reference to his experimental research that confirms one of the controversial features of homeopathic medicine that uses doses of substances that undergo sequential dilution with vigorous shaking in-between each dilution. Although it is common for modern-day scientists to assume that none of the original molecules remain in solution, Montagnier's research (and other of many of his colleagues) has verified that electromagnetic signals of the original medicine remains in the water and has dramatic biological effects.

Montagnier has just taken a new position at Jiaotong University in Shanghai, China (this university is often referred to as "China's MIT"), where he will work in a new institute bearing his name. This work focuses on a new scientific movement at the crossroads of physics, biology, and medicine: the phenomenon of electromagnetic waves produced by DNA in water. He and his team will study both the theoretical basis and the possible applications in medicine.

Montagnier's new research is investigating the electromagnetic waves that he says emanate from the highly diluted DNA of various pathogens. Montagnier asserts, "What we have found is that DNA produces structural changes in water, which persist at very high dilutions, and which lead to resonant electromagnetic signals that we can measure. Not all DNA produces signals that we can detect with our device. The high-intensity signals come from bacterial and viral DNA."

Montagnier affirms that these new observations will lead to novel treatments for many common chronic diseases, including but not limited to autism, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and multiple sclerosis.

Montagnier first wrote about his findings in 2009, (17) and then, in mid-2010, he spoke at a prestigious meeting of fellow Nobelists where he expressed interest in homeopathy and the implications of this system of medicine. (18)

French retirement laws do not allow Montagnier, who is 78 years of age, to work at a public institute, thereby limiting access to research funding. Montagnier acknowledges that getting research funds from Big Pharma and certain other conventional research funding agencies is unlikely due to the atmosphere of antagonism to homeopathy and natural treatment options.

Support from Another Nobel Prize winner

Montagnier's new research evokes memories one of the most sensational stories in French science, often referred to as the 'Benveniste affair.' A highly respected immunologist Dr. Jacques Benveniste., who died in 2004, conducted a study which was replicated in three other university laboratories and that was published in Nature (19). Benveniste and other researchers used extremely diluted doses of substances that created an effect on a type of white blood cell called basophils.

Although Benveniste's work was supposedly debunked, (20) Montagnier considers Benveniste a "modern Galileo" who was far ahead of his day and time and who was attacked for investigating a medical and scientific subject that orthodoxy had mistakenly overlooked and even demonized.

In addition to Benveniste and Montagnier is the weighty opinion of Brian Josephson, Ph.D., who, like Montagnier, is a Nobel Prize-winning scientist.

Responding to an article on homeopathy in New Scientist, Josephson wrote:

Regarding your comments on claims made for homeopathy: criticisms centered around the vanishingly small number of solute molecules present in a solution after it has been repeatedly diluted are beside the point, since advocates of homeopathic remedies attribute their effects not to molecules present in the water, but to modifications of the water's structure.

Simple-minded analysis may suggest that water, being a fluid, cannot have a structure of the kind that such a picture would demand. But cases such as that of liquid crystals, which while flowing like an ordinary fluid can maintain an ordered structure over macroscopic distances, show the limitations of such ways of thinking. There have not, to the best of my knowledge, been any refutations of homeopathy that remain valid after this particular point is taken into account.

A related topic is the phenomenon, claimed by Jacques Benveniste's colleague Yolene Thomas and by others to be well established experimentally, known as "memory of water." If valid, this would be of greater significance than homeopathy itself, and it attests to the limited vision of the modern scientific community that, far from hastening to test such claims, the only response has been to dismiss them out of hand. (21)

Following his comments Josephson, who is an emeritus professor of Cambridge University in England, was asked by New Scientist editors how he became an advocate of unconventional ideas. He responded:

I went to a conference where the French immunologist Jacques Benveniste was talking for the first time about his discovery that water has a 'memory' of compounds that were once dissolved in it -- which might explain how homeopathy works. His findings provoked irrationally strong reactions from scientists, and I was struck by how badly he was treated. (22)

Josephson went on to describe how many scientists today suffer from "pathological disbelief;" that is, they maintain an unscientific attitude that is embodied by the statement "even if it were true I wouldn't believe it."

Even more recently, Josephson wryly responded to the chronic ignorance of homeopathy by its skeptics saying, "The idea that water can have a memory can be readily refuted by any one of a number of easily understood, invalid arguments."

In the new interview in Science, Montagnier also expressed real concern about the unscientific atmosphere that presently exists on certain unconventional subjects such as homeopathy, "I am told that some people have reproduced Benveniste's results, but they are afraid to publish it because of the intellectual terror from people who don't understand it."

Montagnier concluded the interview when asked if he is concerned that he is drifting into pseudoscience, he replied adamantly: "No, because it's not pseudoscience. It's not quackery. These are real phenomena which deserve further study."

The Misinformation That Skeptics Spread

It is remarkable enough that many skeptics of homeopathy actually say that there is "no research" that has shows that homeopathic medicines work. Such statements are clearly false, and yet, such assertions are common on the Internet and even in some peer-review articles. Just a little bit of searching can uncover many high quality studies that have been published in highly respected medical and scientific journals, including the Lancet, BMJ, Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, Chest and many others. Although some of these same journals have also published research with negative results to homeopathy, there is simply much more research that shows a positive rather than negative effect.

Misstatements and misinformation on homeopathy are predictable because this system of medicine provides a viable and significant threat to economic interests in medicine, let alone to the very philosophy and worldview of biomedicine. It is therefore not surprising that the British Medical Association had the sheer audacity to refer to homeopathy as "witchcraft." It is quite predictable that when one goes on a witch hunt, one inevitable finds "witches," especially when there are certain benefits to demonizing a potential competitor (homeopathy plays a much larger and more competitive role in Europe than it does in the USA).

Skeptics of homeopathy also have long asserted that homeopathic medicines have "nothing" in them because they are diluted too much. However, new research conducted at the respected Indian Institutes of Technology has confirmed the presence of "nanoparticles" of the starting materials even at extremely high dilutions. Researchers have demonstrated by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), electron diffraction and chemical analysis by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES), the presence of physical entities in these extreme dilutions. (24) In the light of this research, it can now be asserted that anyone who says or suggests that there is "nothing" in homeopathic medicines is either simply uninformed or is not being honest.

Because the researchers received confirmation of the existence of nanoparticles at two different homeopathic high potencies (30C and 200C) and because they tested four different medicines (Zincum met./zinc; Aurum met. /gold; Stannum met./tin; and Cuprum met./copper), the researchers concluded that this study provides "concrete evidence."

Although skeptics of homeopathy may assume that homeopathic doses are still too small to have any biological action, such assumptions have also been proven wrong. The multi-disciplinary field of small dose effects is called "hormesis," and approximately 1,000 studies from a wide variety of scientific specialties have confirmed significant and sometimes substantial biological effects from extremely small doses of certain substances on certain biological systems.

A special issue of the peer-review journal, Human and Experimental Toxicology (July 2010), devoted itself to the interface between hormesis and homeopathy. (25) The articles in this issue verify the power of homeopathic doses of various substances.

In closing, it should be noted that skepticism of any subject is important to the evolution of science and medicine. However, as noted above by Nobelist Brian Josephson, many scientists have a "pathological disbelief" in certain subjects that ultimately create an unhealthy and unscientific attitude blocks real truth and real science. Skepticism is at its best when its advocates do not try to cut off research or close down conversation of a subject but instead explore possible new (or old) ways to understand and verify strange but compelling phenomena. We all have this challenge as we explore and evaluate the biological and clinical effects of homeopathic medicines.

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Kay tagal...para bang ako'y nababaliw....

2011-10-10T07:52:00.000+08:00

Whoah, ang tagal na pala na 'di ako nakapg-post dito...sorry po..babawi na ulit...^_^

HEALTH WARNING: Supermarket Shelf Poisons

2011-05-27T08:04:00.005+08:00

Anybody that takes Vitamin C (and most people should) avoid the following Soft drinks Sunkist, Fanta, Diet Coke, Sprite, & Pepsi Max.

These drinks contain Sodium Benzoate 211 on the label. A chemical reaction between Vitamin C and Sodium Benzoate creates Benzine a highly Carcinogenic chemical.

Benzine has the ability to severely damage the DNA in the Mitochondria to the point that it totally inactivates it, knocks it out altogether. The Mitochondria consumes Oxygen to give you energy, and if you damage it, then the cell starts to malfunction very seriously, often fatally, a whole array of Diseases has been tied to the damage to the DNA, including Parkinson's Disease and quite a lot of Neuro-Degenerative Diseases..

This is a follow-up of all the TV station's story on Mentos and Diet Coke. Don't mix these two either, they cause a chemical reaction (explosion) in the stomach, it's not only Mentos but also any Mint products. Mint Life Savers, Tic Tac's, Cool Mint's, etc, the Mint is not the culprit here but the Aspartame in the Diet Drinks, 951 on the label, also avoid 950 Acelsultame F (same thing). Aspartame poisoning has been scientifically linked to 92 Symptoms of Disease ... Still going to drink your Diet Drinks???

Most European countries have forbidden the Importing and use in their Country of Aspartame including all makes of Saccharin, example Equal, Nutra-Sweet, Spoonful & Diet Drinks, including 6,000 consumer Good's and Beverages, sold on the Supermarket shelves . this ban affect's all use of this product in any type o consumable infringement and will carry penalties that go from 9.000 euros to 90,000 Euros.

Mexico is also considering banning all 6,000 products of Aspartame on its Supermarket shelves. In Mexico Aspartame is known as Rumsfeld's Disease, after George Bush's mate Donald Rumsfeld.. The Nutra-Sweet company and Searle are owned by Monsanto who appointed Rumsfeld as their General Manager, so they could use his clout with Parliament to get this Deadly Poison passed by the FDA and boost their sales of Aspartame.

Avoid all Toothpastes made in China , especially Colgate's they contain Ethylene Glycol.. This is an Anti-Freezing agent, Highly Toxic and even Fatal -- it destroys the Liver, Kidney, Lung, Blood Cells, Heart and the Nervous System. It is also in some Mouth Washes, Make-up, Aftershave, Baby Powder and Wipes, Shampoo, and Deodorants.

Avoid Smarties; they contain almost every Toxic artificial colour on the market.. The worst are 102, 104, and the worst of all 110 Carcinogenic, 124 undesirable, 127 Carcinogenic 128 Extreme Caution, 129,131, and 133 are also carcinogenic. To top it off Smarties are not even made of Chocolate (neither are Tim Tam's). Synthetic Chocolate has non-nutritional food value whatsoever.

Read your labels -- it may one day save your life.

Healing Ourselves from Medicine

2011-05-23T07:41:00.001+08:00

HEALING OURSELVES FROM MEDICINE — based on thirty years of practical experience—offers a detailed working manual for applying the principles of an anthroposophic approach to medicine that anyone use. The book clearly explains the philosophical underpinnings of this unique approach to self-healing and will prove to be valuable to anyone seeking a deeper understanding of human health and illness.

“Humanity is at war with itself. On many fronts, humans are fighting each other in a silent but raging and devastating war. Medicine is a key battleground in this conflict. On one side stand the forces advocating for the full mechanization of the human being—looking at old age as a disease, and damaged organs as mere body parts that can be replaced with other similar body parts. On the other side stand humans who want to advance a more profound, dignified, and spiritual view of the human being and the healing process. In this epochal conflict, Jake Tan has clearly placed his future with the forces that would resist the mechanization of humanity. Jake is bringing an important message that deserves to be heard, especially in a time when humanity is making fateful decisions that will determine the future direction and condition of subsequent generations. Will we choose to mechanize ourselves and solve the ‘problem’ of ‘illness’ and ‘old age’ by attempting to transfer human consciousness into the bodies of super-intelligent machines? Or will we view biological ‘defects,’ illness, holistic health, and death as essential for the spiritual evolution of humanity? In the end, you, as readers, will also have to make a choice. May Jake’s book help guide you in making that choice.” — Nicanor Perlas, recipient of The Right Livelihood Award and the author of Shaping Globalization: Civil Society, Cultural Power, Threefolding.

Joaquin G. Tan trained in acupuncture (1989) and in Anthroposophic Pharmaceutical Preparations and Medicine in the Wala Company, Germany. He attended the English Course in Anthroposophic Medicine, Arlesheim (1992), and cofounded the first Waldorf kindergarten school in the Philippines and served on its board of trustees (1994-2002). He is also the author of the book Healing Ourselves: A Guide to Creative, Responsive & Self-Reliant Medicine (1995). Jake conducts workshops and gives lectures on wellness, healing, and the nutritional aspects of child development, throughout Asia.

MONSANTO EXPOSED

2011-05-19T08:47:00.001+08:00

Many people are dismissive about conspiracy theories. While some theories may be the ramblings of a paranoid lot, there are instances when it is worth taking a look at the other side of the fence and looking beyond the official word. When it comes to the food sector, there are certain companies that have established monopolies and reaped benefits due to the very nature of their businesses.

A monopoly in itself is an indication of increased chances of corruption, but when there is a monopoly in the agricultural sector, we have ample reason to worry for our well-being, and that of our farmers.

The Corn Prince

Corn is found in most things we eat – right from corn on the cob to corn syrup that’s present in confectioneries and sodas. What about hand sanitizers? Ethanol car fuel? That’s all corn, too. Making rubber tires? You’ll need corn starch. Spark plugs? Corn. Drywall? Corn. You can’t build a car or a house without corn. Naturally, corn is an important crop for these very reasons, and Monsanto, the world’s biggest multinational agricultural biotech firm, has made sure that it’s established its firm monopoly over all things corn and corn products.

Monsanto is the world leader when it comes to the production of weed killers and seeds. Roundup is Monsanto’s most famous herbicide that is used the world over, but even more damning is the fact that Monsanto has also produced DDT, Agent Orange, and other pesticides that were toxic and extremely harmful. There’s no reason why we should trust their word when they say that Roundup is perfectly safe, right?

In recent times, many pest management specialists who promote non-toxic pesticides are of the opinion that Roundup should not be used in public places or where there are chances of people coming in contact with it. While they feel that people using Roundup in their own backyards is their own problem, using it in public places like parks and schools where chances of people coming in contact with it are greater is highly dangerous and not advisable at all. This goes a long way to show how deadly and toxic Roundup is considered by even pest management experts.

Nevertheless, what makes Monsanto the epitome of evil is the way that they have been exploiting farmers with their GM (genetically modified) seeds.

Seed up!

Here’s what farmers normally do when they buy seeds for their crops. They plant them and then when they are done with the harvesting, they use the seeds produced by their own plants and reuse them for their next crop. With Monsanto’s GM seeds, however, what farmers get are sterile plants that cannot produce any more seeds, so in order to grow more crops, farmers have to continue to queue up before Monsanto and buy more of their seeds.

The genetic altering of seeds is not without its own set of dangers even though Monsanto claims otherwise under the guise of ‘increased pest and disease resistance’. Such GM seeds are more harmful than not, and after years of threats and protests, Monsanto came up with another ridiculously simple plan. Instead of altering the seeds genetically, they planned to make farmers sign contracts saying that they would buy seeds only from Monsanto and that they wouldn’t use the seeds produced by their crops. In effect, they succeeded in letting farmers exploit themselves by their own hands.

With its years of experience in the agriculture industry and the results of ‘seasoned’ leadership, Monsanto is going from strength to strength, even if ordinary people like you and me are not buying corn. Moreover, Monsanto has been buying up smaller seed companies in order to ensure that its monopoly survives in the industry. Cotton, corn, and soybeans are some of the seeds Monsanto is famed for, so whichever way you turn, you can be sure that Monsanto is there, grinning like an evil version of the Cheshire cat.

Over the past few years, there have been numerous cases against Monsanto, but as clichés go, it’s an evil conglomerate that has spread its tentacles far and wide. What’s extremely worrying is that Monsanto is controlling all the seeds not just in the USA, but worldwide, and seeds are the very first step in the food chain. It goes without saying that whoever controls the seeds controls global food production.

Moreover, because they have managed to secure their insidious monopoly, Monsanto can hike the prices as they wish without giving two hoots about stiff competition. Farmers have no choice but to buy seeds from Monsanto because there’s no one else they can go to. This is just one of the many ways in which this corporation has been exploiting farmers – making them pay way more than they should for seeds that are not even healthy in the first place.

As consumers, we ought to be aware of the hidden forces behind the seed monopoly that Monsanto has spread so far and wide. Although there are many pending court cases against Monsanto, its rise has continued unabated.

More on Monsanto Below:

References:

http://www.naturalnews.com/031922_Monsanto_lawsuit.html

http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/11/the-monopoly-named-monsanto/

http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/features_julieshealthclub/2009/07/should-i-use-roundup-on-my-yard-.html

http://www.cracked.com/article_18845_6-secret-monopolies-you-didnt-know-run-world.html

Phillippine Islands mentioned in the BooK of Knowledge: The Keys of Enoch as one of the 12 energy grid areas

2011-05-16T00:19:00.003+08:00

Dear Friends/brothers/sisters,

The Philippines holds a very important key to the overall Earth changes. It is part of Ancient Lemuria and Panay being the center of this energy grid. It is in the very heart of the Dove or the mid-section of the Dove ( map of the Cosmic connective grid for Gaia's New Earth Body ). Most of the other parts mentioned are in the Middle East where the rebellions are occurring presently. Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt, Syria, Libya, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Iran hold the most elusive Stargates that have been under the Dark Illuminati Forces for Aeons. These have to be freed and released to the peoples in order for the energies held within the Stargates to be fully implemented. Bali in Indonesia is another major Portal as is Australia and New Zealand and the Polynesian Islands of the Pacific especially Hawaii and Samoa. China, Russia have powerful portals that have yet to be released from the dark forces' control.

South America has to a great extent been set free of the tight illuminati grip. The White Serpent Of Light/Pachamama/The Mother Spirit has made her way through the Isthmus of the Panama Canal with the assistance of the peoples of the Ancient and Native tribes who stayed connected to their ancient spiritual practices and the many lightworkers who prayed and focused their light for her passage. She is now in the Andes Mountains between Peru, Bolivia and Argentina.

About 8 years or so ago the triangulation coordinates had been given to me one at a time by the Divine Hierarchy under Lord Metatron. One of the earliest coordinates involved Giza in Egypt, the Bermuda Triangle, and the Devil's Triangle in Japan. The uprising in Egypt freed the energies that had lain dormant under the Dark forces' rule and was relayed to the Portal under the Bermuda Triangle which was then relayed to the Portal under the Devil's Triangle in Japan. This set the changes necessary in motion for Gaia's physical recalibration for that part of Asia.

Had it not been for the increase in consciousness of the human population the entire Japan would have fractured and fallen under the Ocean bed. Sendai and the neighboring areas affected are taking most of the damage with the souls who incarnated there sacrificing for the greatest good of all in Japan and the neighboring Countries which would also have been affected had the original coordinates ( pre-rise in consciousness ) been set in motion. We have to thank all of these souls as well as those left behind who are processing their loved ones' loss and having to go through great challenges and suffering. Please send them love and gratitude in your prayers for them.

The Philippines will also have it's share of Gaia's physical body recalibration. Mindanao will have it's turn when the next triangulation occurs. There will be a powerful alignment that will occur during the Spring Equinox with a full moon on the 18th and the Spring Equinox on the 20th. Remember that the New Moon on March 4th was a perigee moon ( closest to Earth ) and this was responsible for the increased magnetic pull to the Ocean water and the tsunami following the earthquake. Another major Portal opening will be on March 29, 2011. Please focus on raising your energies and staying in balance this month. This month is very powerful and can be very destructive. We are after all in the death and rebirthing process which is necessary for our Ascension and crystallization processes.

Since Gaia and my body are on the same energy coordinate I feel her labor pain before her next physical recalibration occurs and this gives me the knowledge of where her next trajectory will be and this gives me just enough time to give some caution to lightworkers there for much needed preparations before the event. Please have enough bottled water, rice, non-perishable food supplies, candles, fuel to cook food without electricity, matches,flashlights with batteries,blankets,medicines,full gasoline tanks in your vehicles, etc for at least 2 to 4 weeks ready. It is always good to be prepared. However, there is no need for fear and anxiety. We are being watched over by our Divine Family.

As for my own family in Iloilo I am leaving them to their own ability to cope. Many times in the past ( as pre-Frank ) I have tried to furnish them with an emergency supply, but every time I did this my sister and her family ate the supply faster than I could complete it. They do not see situations as I do and so, I am letting them go. My mother is 91 years old and has lived her life fully and joyfully. She will be watched over and kept safe as with my sister and her family although the latter will experience challenges from their lack of initiative over proper preparations. It is part of their lessons.

In the subsequent months coming every 11 date or combination of 11 aligned with the 2011 year will be a Portal opening. This is the year of acceleration and many events will come one after the other in rapid sequencing. This is also the year of emotional and karmic ties dissolving and there will be many situations that will allow for releasing others to their own soulular progression.

There will be situations where friends, family members, and long standing acquaintances will turn against you for no reason at all. Their own fears, anxieties, jealousies, doubts, and emotional issues will cause at times explosive situations and they will turn against people they see as peaceful, balanced, and joyful. When this happens it is time to release that person or persons with much love and well wishes for their soul's evolution. It is their soul desiring to find their own pathways wherever it is leading them. We have to stay in emotional detachment/neutrality and not allow their emotions to pull us out of our balance. Let us not judge, just let them go with love and forgiveness.

This is getting quite common amongst lightworkers presently when one thinks his/her light is greater than the other or when one resents the other for what he/she perceives as the other having more " light ". This was the 1st error in judgment that caused the 1st rebellion in the Heavens when Lucifer thought his/her light was brighter and greater than the others and refused to acknowledge the Christ Light within the souls/human beings. It is the same today when there is envy and jealousy amongst the lightworkers. It is called spiritual vanity and is the foremost cause of the downfall and pitfall amongst lightworkers.

Work on your communities/islands of light. Time is of the essence. When you gather in cooperation ( not competition ) you form islands of light that will keep you lifted high during the times of great challenges that are coming. Learn to share equally whatever resources/knowledge/information you have with your soul brothers and sisters. This is what is going to keep you all safe and grounded during the times of post-disasters. Mother Earth/Gaia is recalibrating her physical body into another Eden/Paradise and this cannot be-come unless she goes into physical changes and with her changes comes " catastrophes " from the earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, etc. During times of epidemics remember to keep your physical bodies hydrated, nurtured with pure and nourishing foods, give yourselves much rest and sleep (the sleep state is where your Divine Family can assist you with your healing unencumbered by human egoic resistance ).

Above all, do not allow your energies to be receptive to fear as fear will paralyze and keep your bodies open to dis-eases and dis-harmony states. Trust, Surrender to your Higher Power, have Faith that will move mountains, and have Charity within your hearts towards one another and live in joy, within inner and outer peace. I wish you all the best. Stay safe, be healthy, be joyful, stay positive in your outlooks, and be one with all and All.

With much love and light,

I AM MARIANA MAGDALENA OF THE LIGHT

COCONUT WATER

2011-04-29T07:29:00.002+08:00

Most people living in tropical countries will tell you that coconut water is one of the most delicious drinks available in their region. Coconut water is found inside green coconuts and it forms the basis of several delicious mocktails. However, most people prefer drinking coconut water fresh, as it is, because not only does it offer some fantastic benefits, it is also very tasty and quenches thirst better than the calorie-loaded sodas one is used to chugging.

This natural thirst quencher has a range of amazing benefits that will make you stop from reaching for that can of sugary drink and head straight to the tropics where you can find these in plenty.

Coconuts grow on coconut palms that are found in abundance in tropical areas such as the Caribbean, Pacific Island, Southern Asia, Florida, Hawaii and South America. The people of these places are blessed to have the coconut palm in their midst because apart from its wonderful fruit, the tree is a source of sustenance to the people in many ways. Nevertheless, we are here concerned about the benefits that coconut water offers to us. Read on and discover.
Hydrates the body – In summer especially, it is easy to get dehydrated and as a result, people tend to feel nausea and dizziness and a general lassitude. Drinking coconut water hydrates the body and instantly freshens you up because it contains isotonic salts that replenish the minerals and fluids that the body loses out.

In fact, athletes and those who work out regularly are also advised to drink coconut water because it is a far more superior electrolyte drink containing the right amount of minerals than any sports drink.
Prevents urinary problems – Drinking coconut water regularly promotes freer flow of urine and any urinary problems that usually cause major discomfort are consequently ironed out. This is because coconut water is a diuretic and increases the flow of urine. Coconut water is helpful especially for those who suffer from polyutra and stangury, some typical urinary ailments.
Promotes intestinal health – Most intestinal problems such as digestion or diarrhea occur because of worms in the intestine. You can easily take care of this problem by drinking coconut water with a teaspoon of olive oil for three days. The intestinal worms are killed and there is definitely improved digestion.

Helps in breaking kidney stones – Most people suffering from kidney stones will tell you how uncomfortable and painful it can get to pass urine if they have a stone. Drinking coconut water helps in breaking up the kidney stones so that they can pass them out more easily in their urine. Do note that the patients also need to take their regular medications as well.

Used for emergency blood transfusions – Odd as it sounds, coconut water is used during transfusions. How? Coconut water is almost identical to blood plasma, and this makes it easy to use for transfusions especially in emergencies. It’s also been used as the IV fluid in similar emergent cases.

Keeps away the big, bad diseases – If you thought that coconut water was only good for the above, it might amaze you to learn that the uses of coconut water are more lofty and varied. For instance, it contains monolaurin, which is an antiviral, antibacterial and antiprozoal monoglyceride that can kill viruses such as HIV, Herpes, flu and other pathogenic bacteria.

Controls vomiting – Whether it is the after effect of a hangover or as a side effect of another illness such as typhoid or malaria, coconut water helps in stabilizing the stomach and controls vomiting considerably.

Prevents heart burn – If you’re tired of popping antacids in your mouth after every meal because you can’t handle the acidity, try sipping on coconut water after the meal instead. Coconut water greatly reduces the acid reflux problem and controls heartburn as well.

The right balance – Most sports drinks that promise instant energy are often skewed up when it comes to the balancing of minerals and salts in the drinks. With coconut water however, nature’s hand is evident as it contains just the right amount of potassium, sodium, natural sugars and chloride as compared to some of the sports drinks available in the market.

Cosmetic uses – Some people add coconut water to their shower gels or to the bathwater directly because it softens the hair and skin as it is a moisturizer. It can also be added to conditioners or shampoos or mixed with lotion before applying. It’s also the best drink to flush out toxins and give you a wonderful glow. It’s also used as part of cleansing masks for oily skin.

Good during pregnancy – Some doctors advise coconut water during pregnancy so that even pregnant mothers can make use of all these benefits provided by coconut water.
It is no wonder that people living in the tropics have such healthy bodies. Easy availability of delicious and nutritious natural drink like coconut water just makes it easier.

References

http://www.knowledgebase-script.com/demo/article-320.html

http://healthmad.com/nutrition/seven-benefits-of-coconut-water/

http://www.bitterrootrestoration.com/skin-care/health-benefits-of-coconut-water.html

http://www.babycenter.in/pregnancy/nutrition/coconutwater_expert/

REMEMBER IRENA SENDLER

2011-04-27T07:17:00.006+08:00

Got this from a friend of mine, worth sharing to everyone...

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Look at this lady - Let us never forget!

The world hasn't just become wicked...it's always been wicked. The prize doesn't always go to the most deserving.

Irena Sendler

There recently was a death of a 98 year-old lady named Irena. During WWII, Irena, got permission to work in the Warsaw ghetto, as a Plumbing/Sewer specialist. She had an 'ulterior motive'.

She KNEW what the Nazi's plans were for the Jews (being German). Irena smuggled infants out in the bottom of the tool box she carried and she carried in the back of her truck a burlap sack, (for larger kids).

She also had a dog in the back that she trained to bark when the Nazi soldiers let her in and out of the ghetto. The soldiers of course wanted nothing to do with the dog and the barking covered the kids/infants noises. During her time of doing this, she managed to smuggle out and save 2500 kids/infants.

She was caught, and the Nazi's broke both her legs, arms and beat her severely.

Irena kept a record of the names of all the kids she smuggled out and kept them in a glass jar, buried under a tree in her back yard.

After the war, she tried to locate any parents that may have survived it and reunited the family. Most had been gassed. Those kids she helped got placed into foster family homes or adopted.

Last year Irena was up for the Nobel Peace Prize.

She was not selected. President Obama won one year before becoming President for his work as a community organizer for ACORN and Al Gore won also --- for a slide show on Global Warming.

In MEMORIAM - 63 YEARS LATER.

Please read the little cartoon carefully, it's powerful.

Then read the comments at the end.

...please click picture to enlarge.

It is now more than 60 years after the Second World War in Europe ended. This e-mail is being sent as a memorial chain, in memory of the six million Jews, 20 million Russians, 10 million Christians and 1,900 Catholic priests who were murdered, massacred, raped, burned, starved and humiliated!

Now, more than ever, with Iraq , Iran , and others, claiming the HOLOCAUST to be 'a myth'. It's imperative to make sure the world never forgets, because there are others who would like to do it again.

Health Update: CANCER

2011-04-25T07:00:00.003+08:00

AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY ('TRY', BEING THE KEY WORD) TO ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHNS HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY.

Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins:

1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable

2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person's lifetime.

3. When the person's immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors.

4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic, but also to environmental, food and lifestyle factors.

5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet to eat more adequately and healthy, 4-5 times/day and by including supplements will strengthen the immune system.

6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow, gastrointestinal tract etc, and can cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc.

7. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and damages healthy cells, tissues and organs.

8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor destruction.

9. When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications.

10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other sites.

11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply.

*CANCER CELLS FEED ON:

Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc are made with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses, but only in very small amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in color Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt.
Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and substituting with unsweetened soy milk cancer cells are being starved.
Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little other meat, like chicken. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer.
A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline environment. About 20% can be from cooked food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance growth of healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including be an sprouts) and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C).
Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine. Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer fighting properties. Water-best to drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.

12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines becomes putrefied and leads to more toxic buildup.

13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the body's killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.

14. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Flor-ssence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs etc.) to enable the bodies own killer cells to destroy cancer cells. Other supplements like vitamin E are known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.

15. Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor. Anger, unforgiveness and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy life.

16. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment. Exercising daily, and deep breathing help to get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer cells.

1. No plastic containers in micro.

2. No water bottles in freezer.

3. No plastic wrap in microwave.

Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as well. Dioxin chemicals cause cancer, especially breast cancer. Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don't freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from the plastic. Recently, Dr Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program Manager at Castle Hospital , was on a TV program to explain this health hazard. He talked about dioxins and how bad they are for us. He said that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic containers. This especially applies to foods that contain fat He said that the combination of fat, high heat, and plastics releases dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body. Instead, he recommends using glass, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex or ceramic containers for heating food You get the same results, only without the dioxin. So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen and soups, etc., should be removed from the container and heated in something else. Paper isn't bad but you don't know what is in the paper. It's just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc. He reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper The dioxin problem is one of the reasons.

Please share this, also, he pointed out that plastic wrap, such as Saran, is just as dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave. As the food is nuked, the high heat causes poisonous toxins to actually melt out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food. Cover food with a paper towel instead.

The Meaning of Easter: St. Paul and the Christ Impulse

2011-04-24T07:00:00.000+08:00

Para sa Easter, a deeper meaning...

A lecture by Rudolf Steiner
Dornach, April 2, 1920
GA 198

The lecture presented here was given in Dornach on April 2, 1920, and is the 4th of 17 lectures in the series entitled: Healing of the Social Organism. It appears in the original German in Heilfaktoren Fuer den Sozialen Organismus, Bibliographic Nr.198, Dornach 1961. It is also known as: Easter, Festival of Warning, or Event at Damascus, or New Knowledge of Spirit. The translators are Dorothy S. Osmond, Alan P. Shepherd, and Charles Davy. Edited by, and with additional commentary by Frank Thomas Smith.

This English edition is published in agreement with, and the kind permission of the Rudolf Steiner Nachlassverwaltung, Dornach, Switzerland.

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The Meaning of Easter: The Event at Damascus and the new Knowledge of the Spirit

Rudolf Steiner
Lecture
April 2, 1920
Dornach, Switzerland

Ever since the early days of Christianity it has been the custom to draw a distinction between the festivals of Christmas and of Easter in that the Christmas festival has been made immovable, having been fixed at a point of time a few days after the 21st of December, the winter solstice, whereas the day of the Easter festival is determined by a particular constellation of the stars, a constellation of the stars which unites earth and man with the worlds beyond the earth. To-morrow will be the first full moon of spring and upon this full moon will fall the rays of the springtime sun, for since the 21st of March the sun has been in the sign of spring. When, therefore, men on earth celebrate a Sunday — a day, that is, which should remind them of their connection with the sun-forces — when the Sunday comes that is the first after the full moon of spring, then is the time to keep the Easter festival. Easter is thus a movable festival. In order to determine the time of the Easter festival, note must be taken each year of the constellations in the heavens.

Principles such as these were laid down at a time when traditions of wisdom were still current among mankind, traditions that originated from ancient atavistic clairvoyant faculties and gave man a knowledge far surpassing the knowledge that present-day science can offer. And such traditions were a means for bringing to expression man's connection with the worlds beyond the earth. They always point to something of supreme importance for the evolution mankind.

The rigid point of time fixed for the Christmas festival indicates how closely that festival is bound up with the earthly, for its purpose is to remind us of the birth of the man into whom the Christ Being afterwards entered. The Easter festival, on the other hand, is intended to remind us of an event whose significance lies, not merely within the course of earth-evolution, but within the whole world-order into which man has been placed. Therefore the time of the Easter festival must not be determined by ordinary earthly conditions; it is a time that can be ascertained only when man turns his thoughts to the worlds beyond the earth. And there is deeper meaning still in this plan of a movable time for the Easter festival. It indicates how through the Christ Impulse man is to be set free from the forces of earth-evolution pure and simple. For through knowledge of that which is beyond the earth, man is to become free of the evolution of the earth, and this truth is indicated in the manner of dating the Easter festival. It contains a call to man to lift himself up to the worlds beyond the earth; it contains a promise to man that in the course of world-history it shall be possible for him, through the working of the Christ Impulse, to become free of earthly conditions.

To understand all that is implied in this manner of dating the Easter festival, it will be helpful to turn our minds to early secrets of the beginnings of Christianity, to some of those early mysteries which during a certain period of earthly evolution have become more and more veiled and hidden from the materialistic view of the world which arose at the beginning of the Fifth Post-Atlantean epoch and must now be vanquished and superseded. In order to see the whole matter in a true light it will be necessary first of all to consider the part played by the figure of St. Paul in the evolution of the Christ Impulse within the whole history of mankind.

We should indeed remind ourselves again and again what a great event in the evolution of Christianity was the appearance of the figure of St. Paul Paul had had abundant opportunity to inform himself, by external observation, of the events in Palestine that were associated with the personality of Jesus. All that came to his notice in this way in the physical world left Paul unconvinced; when these events in Palestine had come to an end in the physical sense, Paul was still an antagonist of Christianity. He became the Apostle of the Christians only after the event at Damascus, after he had experienced the very Being of the Christ in an extra-earthly, supersensible manner. Thus Paul was a man who could not be persuaded of the meaning of the Christ Impulse by evidence of the physical senses, but who could be convinced only by a supersensible experience. And the supersensible experience that came to him cut deeply into his life — so deeply indeed, that from that moment he became another man. Nay, more: he became an initiate.

Paul was well prepared for such an experience. He was thoroughly acquainted with the secrets of the religion of the Jews; he was familiar with their knowledge and their conception of the world. He was thus well equipped to judge of the nature of the event that befell him at Damascus and to have a right view and understanding of it. The writings of Paul, as we know them, convey only a weak reflection of all that he experienced inwardly. But even so, when he speaks of the event of Damascus we can discern that he speaks as one who through this event attained knowledge of cosmic happenings lying behind the veil of the world of sense. From the very manner in which he speaks it is plain that he is fully able to understand the difference between the supersensible world and the world of sense.

When, even externally, we compare the life of Paul with the earthly experience of Christ Jesus, we discover a strange and astounding fact which becomes intelligible to us only when with the help of spiritual science. We are able to survey the whole evolution of mankind. I have often drawn attention to the great difference in the development of the human soul in the several epochs. I have shown you how man has changed in the course of evolution through the Indian, Persian, Egypto-Chaldean, Greco-Latin epochs, on to our own time. When we look back into the ancient past we find that man remained capable of organic physical development until an advanced age. The parallelism between the development of the soul and the development of the body continued until an advanced age; it is a parallelism that we can recognise now only in the three stages marked by the change of teeth, puberty and the beginning of the twenties. As far as outward appearance goes, mankind has lost the experience of such transitions in later life. In very ancient Indian times, however, men experienced a parallelism between the development of soul and of body up to the fiftieth year of life, in Persian and Egyptian times up to the fortieth year, and in Greco-Latin times up to the thirty-fifth year. In ordinary consciousness, we experience a like parallelism only up to the twenty-seventh year and it is not easy to detect even for so long as that. Now the Christ Impulse entered into the evolution of mankind at a time when men — especially those of the Greek and Latin races — experienced this parallelism as late as into the thirtieth year. And Christ Jesus lived His days of physical earthly life for just so long as the duration of the span of life which ran in a parallelism between the physical organisation and the organisation of soul and spirit. Then, in relation to earthly life, He passed through the gate of death.What this passage through the gate of death means can be understood only from the point of view of spiritual science; it can be understood only when we are able to look into supersensible worlds. For the passage through the gate of death is not an event that can be grasped by any thinking concerned entirely with the world of sense.

As physical man, Paul was of about the same age as Christ Jesus Himself. The time that Christ Jesus spent in His work on earth, Paul spent as an anti-Christian. And the second half of his life was determined entirely by what came to him from supersensible experiences. In this second half of his life he had supersensible experience of what men at that time could no longer receive in the second half of life through sense-experience, because the parallelism between soul-and-spirit development and physical development was not experienced beyond the thirty-fifth year of life. And the Event of Golgotha came before Paul in such a way that he received, by direct illumination, the understanding once possessed by men in an atavistic way through primeval wisdom, and which they can now again acquire through spiritual science. This understanding came to Paul in order that he might be the one to arouse in men a realisation of what had happened for mankind through the working of the Christ Impulse.

For about the same length of time that Christ had walked the earth, did Paul continue to live upon earth — that is, until about his sixty-seventh or sixty-eighth year. This time was spent in carrying the teaching of Christianity into earth-evolution. The parallelism between the life of Christ Jesus and the life of Paul is a remarkable one. The life of Christ Jesus was completely filled with the presence and Being of the Christ. Paul had such a strong after-experience (acquired through Initiation) of this event, that he was able to be the one to bring to mankind true and fitting ideas about Christianity — and to do so for a period of time corresponding very nearly to that of the life of Christ Jesus on earth. There is a great deal to be learned from a study of the connection between the life lived by Christ Jesus for the sake of the earthly evolution of mankind, and the teaching given by Paul concerning the Christ Being. To see this connection aright would mean a very great deal for us; only it is necessary to realise that the connection is a direct result of the supersensible experience undergone by Paul. [Rudolf Steiner here considers the "Christ Being" to be the spiritual being who entered the body of Jesus of Nazareth during the Baptism in the Jordan; and "Christ Jesus" to be Jesus of Nazareth plus the Christ Being. Ed.]

When modern theology goes so far as to explain the event at Damascus as a kind of illusion, as a kind of hallucination, then it is only a proof that in our day even theology has succumbed to materialism. Even theology has no longer any knowledge of the nature of the supersensible world, and entirely fails to recognise man's need to understand the supersensible world before he can have any true comprehension of Christianity.

It is good that we should confess today, in all sincerity, how difficult it is to find our way into the ideas presented in the Gospels and in the Epistles of Paul — ideas that are so totally different from those to which we are accustomed. For the most part we have ceased to concern ourselves at all with such ideas. But it is a fact that a person who is completely given up to the habits and ways of thought of the present day, is far from being able to form the right ideas when he reads the words of Paul. Many present-day theologians put a materialistic interpretation upon the event of Damascus, even trying to disprove and deny the actual Resurrection of Christ Jesus — while professing at the same time to be true Christians. Such persons themselves bear testimony that they have no intention of applying knowledge of the supersensible to the essence of Christianity or to the event of the appearance of Christ Jesus in earthly evolution. The very fact that the figure of Paul stands at the summit of Christian tradition, the figure, that is, of one who acquired an understanding of Christianity through supersensible experience, is like a challenge to man to possess himself of supersensible knowledge. It is like a declaration that Christianity cannot possibly be comprehended without having recourse to knowledge that has its source in the supersensible. It is essential that we should see in Paul a man who had been initiated into supersensible, cosmic happenings; it is essential to see in this light what he laboured so hard to bring to mankind. Let us try in the language of the present day to place before our minds one of the things that seemed to Paul, as an initiate, to be of particular significance.

Paul regarded it of supreme importance to make clear to men how through the Christ Impulse an entirely new way of relating themselves to cosmic evolution had come to them. He felt it essential to declare: that that period of the evolution of the world which carried within it the experiences of the heathen of older times, had run its course; it was finished for man. New experiences were now here for the human soul; they needed only to be perceived.

When Paul spoke in this way, he was pointing to the mighty Event which made such a deep incision into the evolution of man on earth; and indeed if we would understand history as it truly is, we must come back again and again to this Event. If we look back into pre-Christian times, and especially into those times which possess to a striking degree the characteristic qualities of pre-Christian life, we can feel how different was the whole outlook of men in those days. Not that a complete change took place in a single moment; nevertheless the Event of Golgotha did bring about an absolute separation of one phase in the evolution of mankind from another. The Event of Golgotha came at the end of a period of evolution during which men beheld, together with the world of the senses, also the spiritual. Incredible as it may appear to modern man it is a fact that in pre-Christian times men saw, together with the sense-perceptible, a spiritual reality. They did not see merely trees, or merely plants, but together with the trees, and together with the plants they saw something spiritual. But as the time of the Event of Golgotha drew near, the civilisation that bore within it this power of vision was coming to an end. Something completely new was now to enter into the evolution of mankind. As long as man beholds the spiritual in the physical things all around him, he cannot have a consciousness which allows the impulse of freedom to quicken within it. The birth of the impulse of freedom is necessarily accompanied by a loss of this vision; man has to find himself deserted by the divine and spiritual when he looks out upon the external world. The impulse of freedom inevitably implies that, if man would again have vision of the spiritual, he must exert himself inwardly and draw it forth from the depths of his own soul.

This is what Paul wanted to reveal. He told how in ancient times, when men were only the race of Adam, they had no need to draw forth an active experience from the depths of their own being before they could behold the divine and spiritual. The divine and spiritual came to them in elemental form, with everything that lived in the air and on earth. But mankind had gradually to lose this living communion with the divine and spiritual in all the phenomena of the world of sense. A time had to come when man must perforce lift himself up to the divine and spiritual by an active strengthening of his own inner life. He had to learn to understand the words: “My kingdom is not of this world.” He was not to be allowed to go on receiving a divine and spiritual reality that came forth to meet him from all sense-phenomena He had to find the way to a divine and spiritual kingdom that could be reached only by inward struggle and inward development.

People interpret Paul today in such a trivial manner! Again and again they show an inclination to translate what he said into the language of this materialistic age. So trivial is their interpretation of him that one is liable to be dubbed fantastic when one puts forward such a view as the following concerning the content of his message. And yet it is absolutely true.

Paul saw what a great crisis it was for the world that the ancient vision, which was at one and the same time a sense-vision and a spiritual vision, was fading away and disappearing, and that another vision of the spiritual was now to dawn for man in a new kingdom of light, [Romans 13:12] a vision which he must acquire for himself by his own inner initiative, and which is not immediately present for him in the vision of the senses. Paul knew from his own supersensible experience in initiation that ever since the Resurrection Christ Jesus has been united with earth-evolution. But he also knew that, although Christ Jesus is present, He can be found by man only through the awakening of an inner power of vision, not through any mere beholding with the senses. Should anyone think he can reach the Christ with the mere vision of the senses, Paul knew that he must be giving himself up to delusions, he must be mistaking some demon for the Christ.

This was what Paul was continually emphasising to those of his hearers who were able to understand it: that the old spiritual vision brings no approach to Christ, that with this old vision one can only mistake some elemental being for the Christ. Therefore Paul exerted all his power to bring men out of the habit of looking to the spirits of air and of earth. [Gal. 4:3,9] In earlier times men had been familiar with elemental spirits, and necessarily so, for in those times they still possessed atavistic faculties with which to behold them. But now these faculties could not rightly be possessed by man. On the other hand, Paul never wearied of exhorting people to develop within themselves a force whereby they might learn to understand what it was that had taken place, namely, an entirely new impulse, an entirely new Being had entered earth-evolution. “Christ will come again to you,” he said, “if you will only find the way out of your purely physical vision of the earth. Christ will come again to you, for He is here. Through the working of the Event of Golgotha, He is here. But you must find Him; He must come again for you.”

This is what Paul proclaimed, and in a language which at the time had quite another spiritual ring than has the mere echo left us in our translation. It sounded quite different then. Paul sought continually to awaken in man the conviction that if he would understand Christ, he must develop a new kind of vision; the vision that suffices for the world of sense is not enough. today, mankind has only come so far as to speak of the contrast between an external, sense-derived science, and faith. Modern theology is ready to admit of the former that it is complicated, that it is real and objective, that it requires to be learned; of faith it will allow no such thing. It is repeatedly emphasised that faith ought to make appeal to what is utterly childlike in man, to that in man which does not need to be learned.

Such is the attitude of mind which rejects the event of Damascus as unreal, preferring to regard it as a kind of hallucination that befell Paul. If, however, the event of Damascus was a mere hallucination — or I might just as well say, if the event of Damascus was what a great number of modern theologians would have it to be — then we ought also to have the courage to say: Away with Christianity! For Christianity has brought with it a belief that is absurd and senseless.

This would be the necessary outcome of the teaching of modern theology, if only people took it — first of all, seriously, and secondly, with courage. As a matter of fact they do neither. They shrink from having nothing but a merely external, sense-given science, and yet at the same time they deny the real, inner impulse of the event of Damascus, while still professing to hold fast to Christianity! It is precisely in such things that the soul-and-spirit sickness of our age comes to clearest expression; for a deep inner lack of truth is here laid bare. Truth would be obliged to confess: Either the event of Damascus was a reality, an event that can be placed in the realm of reality, then Christianity has meaning; or it was what it is asserted to be by modern theology, which wants always to associate itself with modern science; then Christianity has no meaning. It is important that people should face such conclusions, for there is no doubt we live in an age of severe testing. Through man's becoming inwardly untrue in regard to the very matters that are most sacred for him — for he ought no longer to call what he has, ‘Christianity’ — through this, a tendency to untruth, often unconscious but no less destructive on that account, has taken hold of mankind. That is the real reason for the existence of this tendency. That is why this tendency to untruth is so closely interwoven with the events that will inevitably lead to decadence in the whole cultural life of Europe, unless people rethink these things in time and turn to spiritual knowledge.

And if we would turn to spiritual knowledge, it is emphatically not enough to rest content with looking at life in any superficial way; it is absolutely essential for us to take things in all their depth of meaning and to be ready to contemplate the necessity of mighty changes in our own time.

Again and again we must ask: What is a festival such as that of Easter for the greater part of mankind? It may be said of very many people that when they are in the circle of their friends who still want to gather together to keep the festival, all their thinking about Easter runs along the lines of old habits of thought; they use the old words, they go on uttering them more or less automatically, they make the same renunciation in the same formula to which they have long been accustomed. But have we any right today to utter this renunciation, when we can observe on every hand a distinct unwillingness to take part in the great change that is so necessary in our own time? Are we justified in using the words of Paul: “Not I, but Christ in me!” when we show so little inclination to examine into what it is that has brought such great unhappiness to mankind in the modern age? Should it not go together with the Easter festival that we set out to gain a clear idea of the destiny that has befallen mankind and of what it is that alone can lead us out of the catastrophe — namely, supersensible knowledge? If the Easter festival, whose whole significance depends upon supersensible knowledge — for knowledge of the senses can never explain the Resurrection of Christ Jesus — if this Easter festival is to be taken seriously, is it not essential that people should consider how a supersensible character can be brought again into the human faculty of knowledge? Should not this be the thought that rises up in our minds today: All the lying and deception in modern culture is due to the fact that we ourselves are no longer in earnest about what we recognise as the sacred festivals of the year?

We keep Easter, the festival of Resurrection, but in our materialistic outlook we have long ago ceased caring whether or not we have a real understanding of the Resurrection. We set ourselves at enmity with the truth and we try to find all manner of ingenious ways of accepting the cosmic jest — for indeed it would be, or rather it is a jest that man should keep the festival of the Resurrection and at the same time put his whole faith in modern science which obviously can never make appeal to such a Resurrection. Materialism and the keeping of Easter — these are two things that cannot possibly belong together; they cannot possibly exist side by side. And the materialism of modern theology — that too is incompatible with the Easter festival. In our own time a book entitled “The Essence of Christianity” has been written by an eminent theologian of Central Europe, and is accounted of outstanding importance. Yet throughout this work we find evidence of a desire not to take seriously the fact of the Resurrection of Christ Jesus. There you have a true symptom of the times!

People must learn to feel these things deeply in their hearts. We shall never find a way out of our present troubles unless we develop understanding of the enmity cherished by the modern materialistically minded man towards the truth, unless we learn to see through things like this, for they are of very great significance in life today.

During the Fifth Post-Atlantean epoch a new tendency has been at work, a tendency towards a scientific knowledge that is adapted to the power of human reason and judgment; and now it is time that this should go further and develop into a knowledge of the supersensible world. For the Event of Golgotha is an event that falls absolutely within the supersensible world. And the event of Damascus, as Paul experienced it, is an event that can be understood only out of supersensible ideas. On the understanding of this event depends whether one can in very truth feel something of the Christ Impulse, or whether one cannot. The man of the present day is faced with a severe test when he asks himself: In the time that has been christened ‘Easter,’ how do I stand to supersensible knowledge? For Easter should remind him, by the very way its date is determined, to look up from the earthly to what is beyond the earth. The man of modern times has left himself no more insight into what is beyond the earth than at most that which is given him in mathematics and mechanics, and now in spectro-analysis. These sciences are the groundwork upon which he tries to build up his knowledge concerning all that is beyond the earth. He no longer feels that he is himself united with those worlds, and that the Christ descended thence when He entered into the personality of Jesus.

Let me beg you to give these thoughts, which are so pertinent to our present problems, your full and earnest attention. I have often pointed out what a fine spiritual nature such as Herman Grimm must needs think of the Kant-Laplace theory. It is true, the theory has undergone some modification in our day, nevertheless in all essentials it is still the prevailing theory of the universe. It is said that the solar system has come out of a primeval nebula, and in course of mighty changes undergone by the nebula and its densifications, plants, animals and also man have come into being. And carrying the theory further, a time will come when everything on the earth will have found its grave and when ideals and works of culture will no longer send their voice out into the universe, when the earth itself will fall like a bit of slag into the sun; and then, in a still later time, the sun will burn itself out and be scattered in the All, not merely burying, but annihilating everything that is now being made and done by man.

Such a view of the ordering of the world must inevitably arise in a time when man wants to grasp that which is beyond the earth with mathematical and mechanical knowledge alone. In a world in which he merely calculates or investigates qualities of the sun with the spectroscope — in such a world we shall never find the realm whence Christ came down to unite Himself with the life of the earth! There are people today who, because they cannot get clarity into their thoughts, prefer not to let themselves be troubled with thinking at all, and go on repeating the words they have learned from the Gospels and from the Epistles of St. Paul, simply repeating by rote what they have learned, never stopping to think whether it is compatible with the view of the evolution of the earth and man that they acquire elsewhere. But that is the deep inward untruth of our time: men slink away into some comfortable dark corner instead of bringing together in their thought the things that essentially belong together. They want to raise a mist before their eyes so that they may not need to ‘think together’ the things that belong together. They raise a mist before their eyes when they keep a festival like Easter and are at the same time very far indeed from forming any true idea of the Resurrection of which they speak; for a true idea of it can only be formed with spiritual and super-sensible knowledge.

The only possible way in these days for man to unite a right feeling with Easter is for him to direct his thought in this connection to the world-catastrophe of his own time. For in very deed a world-catastrophe is upon us. I do not mean merely the catastrophe that happened in the recent years of the war, but I refer to that world-catastrophe which consists in the fact that men have lost all idea of the connection of the earthly with that which is beyond the earth. The time has come when man must realise with full and clear consciousness that supersensible knowledge has now to arise out of the grave of the materialistic outlook. For together with supersensible knowledge will arise the knowledge of Christ Jesus. In point of fact, man has no other symbol that fits the Easter festival than this — that mankind has brought upon itself the doom of being crucified upon the cross of its own materialism. But man must do something himself before there arises from the grave of human materialism all that can come from supersensible knowledge.

The very striving after supersensible knowledge is itself an Easter deed, it is something which gives man the right once more to keep Easter. Look up to the full moon and feel how the full moon is connected with man in its phenomena, and how the reflection of the sun is connected with the moon, and then meditate on the need today to go in search of a true self-knowledge which can show forth man as a reflection of the supersensible. If man knows himself to be a reflection of the supersensible, if he recognises how he is formed and constituted out of the supersensible, then he will also find the way to come to the supersensible. At bottom, it is arrogance and pride that find expression in the materialistic view of the world. It is human pride, manifesting in a strange way! Man does not want to be a reflection of the divine and spiritual, he wants to be merely the highest of the animals. There he is the highest. But the point is, among what sort of beings is he the highest? This pride leads man to recognise nothing beyond himself. If the natural scientific outlook on the world were to be true to itself, it would have the mission of impressing this fact again and again upon man: You are the highest of all the beings of which you can form an idea. The ultimate consequences of the point of view that sets out to be strictly scientific, are such as to make a man turn pale when they show him on what kind of moral groundwork they are based — all unconscious though he may be of it. The truth is, we are today living in a time when Christ Jesus is being crucified in a very special sense. He is being put to death in the field of knowledge. And until men come to see how the present way of knowledge, clinging as it does to the senses and to them alone, is nothing but a grave of knowledge out of which a resurrection must take place — until they see this, they will not be able to lift themselves up to experiences in thought and feeling that partake of a true Easter character.

This is the thought that we should carry in our hearts and minds today. We still have with us the tradition of an Easter festival that is supposed to be celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring. The tradition we have, but the right to celebrate such a festival — that we have not, who live in present-day civilisation.

How can we acquire this right again? We must take the thought of Christ Jesus lying in the grave, of Christ Jesus Who at Easter time vanquishes the stone that has been rolled over His grave — we must take this thought and unite it with the other thought which I have indicated. For the soul of man should feel the purely external, mechanistic knowledge like a tombstone rolled upon him; and he must exert himself to overcome the pressure of this knowledge, he must find the possibility, not to make confession of his faith in the words: “Not I, but the fully developed animal in me,” but to have the right to say: “Not I, but Christ in me.”

It is related of a learned English scientist [T.H. Huxley] that he said he would rather believe that he had by his own power worked his way up little by little from the ape stage to his present height as man, than that he had descended from a once ‘divine’ height, as his opponent, who could not give credence to the ideas of natural science, appeared to have done.

Such things only serve to show how urgent it is to find the way from the confession of faith: “Not I, but the fully developed animal in me,” to that other confession of faith: “Not I, but Christ in me.” We must strive to understand this words of Paul. Not until then will it be possible for the true Easter message to rise up from the depths of our hearts and souls and enter into our consciousness.

ENERGY FOODS

2011-04-23T17:24:00.002+08:00

Do you feel listless and tired all day? Do you want to boost your energy levels each morning so that you can jump out of bed and go to work feeling all perked up? Lack of energy is one of the most common complaints that people have as it affects all of us some time or the other. Low energy levels contribute to low productivity and this naturally has its own widespread effects. If you feel that you need more energy, then you obviously have to eat the things that can give you energy throughout the day.

It’s a common misconception that sugar gives energy, but researchers have proved this wrong. Sugary foods can give you an instant high, but there is the tendency to crash soon as well, which only makes it worse- and we all know that sugary foods are extremely high in calories and can contribute to plenty of weight gain if you’re not careful.

Here’s a list of some foods that you might want to try if you want to push up your energy levels so you can accomplish more without getting tired:

Oatmeal – Switch to oatmeal for breakfast as it fuels your body for the day’s activities. Oatmeal has a combination of soluble and insoluble fibers and it pumps up your body with energy. It’s also highly recommended because it doesn’t contain sugar, which often leads people to great highs and subsequent crashes thereafter.

Marine Phytoplankton – This amazing green algae is full of Omega 3 fatty acids which are excellent source of energy as well. These improve your cardiovascular health and also boost your energy levels significantly. We found that best source of marine phytoplankton is Ocean’s Alive

Lean chicken – Lean chicken contains tyrosine, an amino acid that helps you remain bright and alert. It also provides sufficient energy to sustain you through your activities. Opt for lean chicken in your salads and sandwiches and watch how your energy levels change.

Cacao – As surprising as it sounds, cacao (chocolate, preferably raw) can also provide a quick burst of energy because it has two stimulants, caffeine and theobromine. Both these stimulants help in providing energy to the body. Of course, despite this good news, chocolate should be taken only in moderation as an excess of the same could have its own set of drawbacks.

Berries – Berries such as blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries are not only tasty, but are also known for the antioxidants and vitamin C they contain. Berries help in fighting aging and prevent various diseases from occurring. Berries also boost your energy, especially during breakfast when you eat them with cereal.

Bananas – Bananas are high in potassium and also have vitamin B6 and vitamin C and they have the right balance of these nutrients which help you fight fatigue. Bananas are also rich in carbohydrates, so avoid them if you are on a low carb diet because that could totally go haywire if you eat too many.

Lentils – Lentils are high fiber foods that contain plenty of nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, and iron. They help in maintaining sugar levels in the blood and prevent them from rising highly after meals without affecting the energy levels. Red beans, lima beans, and kidney beans are excellent sources of protein too, and this is especially important if you’re going to keep red meat away from your diet.

Yogurt – Yogurt has vitamin B which helps in converting other nutrients to energy in your body. However, excessive yogurt consumption could lead to weight gain because of its fat content.

Seeds – The next time you feel low and are about to reach out for a Snickers bar, stop and reach out for some seeds instead. Sunflower and pumpkin seeds are excellent snacks for those times when you want to munch on something but also need an energy lift. Watch out for those that are excessively salted and opt for health bars that contain these seeds as they up your nutrition quotient several times over.

Water – You need to drink sufficient water to make sure that your body’s energy needs are met completely. Without water, your body cannot digest food or transport nutrients. Water also helps in regulating your body temperature. When there isn’t enough water in your body, you get tired soon because your cells aren’t getting enough energy. If drinking plain old water sounds boring to you, you could also try sports drinks, herbal teas, and unsweetened fruit juices.

We constantly need energy throughout the day for different activities. However, because of our lifestyles, we tend to eat the wrong types of foods that do nothing to help us meet our energy requirements. Switch to the above mentioned foods and notice the change in your energy levels immediately.

References

http://lifehacker.com/#!201081/top-ten-energy+giving-foods

http://www.ehow.com/facts_4967299_list-energygiving-foods.html

http://www.articlesbase.com/wellness-articles/energy-giving-foods-for-instant-and-sustained-energy-3902489.html

Forbidden Healing

2011-04-21T07:00:00.003+08:00

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ANH BRIEFING PAPER: TRADITIONAL HERBAL MEDICINAL PRODUCTS DIRECTIVE (THMPD) 2010 update

Alliance for Natural Health Intl
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Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive
(Directive 2004/24/EC)

Background

The Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive (THMPD) exists as a sub-Directive of the Human Medicinal Products Directive (2001/83/EC, amended by 2004/24/EC). This Directive essentially offers a simplified (‘fast-track’) medicinal licensing scheme for herbal medicinal products that are able to demonstrate, using a bibliographic review of safety data together with an expert report, 30 years continuous safe sage, of which at least 15 are within the EU (Article 16(c)1(c)).
This simplified scheme avoids the need to demonstrate safety and efficacy, which are typically the most costly aspects of applying for a full medicinal license (market authorization).
Applications for a THMPD license are made via particular Member States, with data being considered by the Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products (HMPC) of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA), which has also been given responsibility to establish monographs for herbal substances. (http://www.emea.europa.eu/htms/general/contacts/HMPC/HMPC.html). At the time of writing, 22 monographs are complete, around 100 have been submitted and not more than a total of between 200-300 are expected.
Licensed THMPD products are intended for use without the supervision of a medical practitioner for diagnostic purposes or for prescription or monitoring of treatment. This creates a major constraint since many traditional medicinal products are typically used in conjunction with advice by a practitioner, for minor but also for more serious ailments, including cancer, psychiatric diseases, infectious diseases (e.g., hepatitis, inﬂuenza), cardiovascular diseases or metabolic diseases such as diabetes, none of which would be acceptable by the licensing authority.
Cost of compiling a dossier and applying for a license. SMEs generally manufacture or sell a diverse range of products, each with relatively small turnover, as compared with large corporations, which are typically reliant on fewer products, each with high sales volumes. High costs for licensing therefore impact SMEs disproportionately compared with large corporations;
The requirement by the HMPC for high quality genotoxic data. For many herbal substances used in traditional cultures these data are not available, while in others they are viewed as being of insufficient quality by HMPC/EMEA. This requirement has been one of the major reasons for the small number of applications to the registration scheme (around 110 in total from 25 Member States, at the time of writing);
The requirement to meet pharmaceutical Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), which considerably exceed the standards for food manufacture and are sometimes inappropriate for certain categories of ingredient or product (e.g., some botanicals). Additionally, manufacturers are required to retain the services of a ‘Qualiﬁed Person’ to ensure compliance with pharmaceutical standards;
Difficulty in compliance with the pharmaceutical criteria stipulated under the Directive, which, for example, require identification of marker compounds in order to meet stability requirements. While these criteria can be met in the case of single or two herb combinations, they cannot generally be met in the case of poly-herbal products which are typical of many traditional medicinal cultures;
Many traditional cultures utilize non-herbal products, including in particular ingredients of animal origin and minerals. These are presently disallowed by the Directive.

The European Commission has published an important report entitled ‘Report on the experience acquired as a result of the application of the provisions of Chapter 2a of Directive 2001/83/EC, as amended by Directive 2004/24/EC, on specific provisions applicable to traditional herbal medicinal product’ on 29 September 2008 (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2008:0584:FIN:en:PDF). The report recognizes some of the difficulties that companies have had with the registration scheme, but indicates there is likely to be little future ﬂexibility with regard to altering the provisions, with the primary exception of expanding the scope to include non-herbal substances. More hopeful, however, is the conclusion by the Commission that a new legal framework may be considered for particular traditional medical systems, e.g., Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, anthroposophic medicine, etc.

Key Concerns

Discrimination against non-European Herbal Traditions by requiring at least 15 out of 30 years of usage within the EU, as the basis for proving long established, traditional usage. The basis for this requirement is the supposedly varying pharmavigilance standards in different regions, implying that standards outside of Europe may be lower than those within Europe. This provision seriously disadvantages Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine, South-East Asian, Tibetan, Amazonian and southern African traditions, which are among the longest and most developed botanically-based healthcare traditions worldwide.
Particular combinations of herbal products may be disallowed. ‘Traditional use’ under the THMPD is based on use of an individual herb or specific combination of herbs. It therefore prevents use of new or innovative combinations that might be supported by emerging science. An amendment to remedy this constraint is under consideration by the European Commission, but will require the support of the European Parliament.
Products are subject to pharmaceutical criteria and GMPs. Under the THMPD, manufacturers must meet pharmaceutical GMPs, including stringent purity, stability and genotoxicity criteria that are identical to those used for conventional pharmaceuticals, under the provisions of the same base Directive (2001/83/EC). These criteria cannot be met in the case of many poly-herbal products owing to the complexity of mixtures, the masking of known markers and, in other cases, the lack of standards for identiﬁcation of markers.
Traditional medicines are eligible for registration only if they are intended for minor ailments, while traditional medical systems generally have developed to cater for the full range of ailments and diseases encountered in their indigenous environments. Accordingly, the registration scheme may be discriminatory against ethnic minorities within the EU who might wish to benefit from products associated with their traditional medical system. While food supplements are able to be sold legally within the EU containing ingredients that support the health (or reduce the disease risk) of, for example, cardiovascular or neurological systems, these are disallowed under the THMPD scheme.
Excessive cost of accessing the THMPD regime. The cost of meeting the data requirements for the THMPD, including the assembly of dossiers of bibliographic and expert evidence, as well as the requirements for genotoxicity data (which typically have to be commissioned as existing data are not available) is prohibitive for many SMEs.
Herbal Products containing signiﬁcant levels of vitamins and minerals will be prohibited, and allowed only if the action of those nutrients is considered ‘ancillary’ to that of the herbal ingredients.
Herbal products containing non-herbal ingredients other than vitamins and minerals are currently disallowed. However, the Directive may in the future be amended to allow such ingredients, although verifying their safety to the satisfaction of the HMPC is likely to be challenging and very expensive.
Increased cost to consumer and restriction of freedom of choice given that significant compliance costs will apply, which will be passed on to the end-user, making the cost of products uneconomic for some and limiting their right to make their own health choice.
Committee control. Authorisations are controlled by the HMPC, which is weighted strongly towards drug pharmacologists/cognosists, as opposed to practicing medical herbalists and others with speciﬁc expertise on traditional medical practices.
Impact on non-European herbal suppliers. Many herbs potentially eligible under the THMPD scheme are hand-collected or produced by small holder farmers and communities in non-EU countries. If products containing such herbs are disallowed as botanical containing food supplements, and are also unable to be licenced under the THMPD scheme, these rural communities could be impacted very seriously.

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2011 - TENTH ANNIVERSARY

2011-04-20T07:00:00.001+08:00

Ohoy, PUPUNTAHAN KO TALAGA ITO!!!!

Free Comic Book Day is SATURDAY, MAY 7, 2011 at our ROBINSONS GALLERIA branch. This year is the 10th Anniversary of Free Comic Book Day and we promise...this will be the biggest one yet!

Aside from the yearly FCBD sponsored comics, we will also be giving away thousands and thousands of comics from our own backstock going back 15-20 years.

We will also be holding our annual FCBD sale...OUR BIGGEST SALE OF THE YEAR!

Save up to 50% OFF all graphic novels, hardcovers, action figures, manga, and more...PLUS all back issues in our bins will be only P50 each!!!

Our confirmed guest artists for this year(so far) are:

CARLO PAGULAYAN - Agents of Atlas, Hulk, Emma Frost, Elektra
ED TADEO - Sigil, X-men, Wolverine, Iron Man
GERRY ALANGUILAN - Elmer, Ultimate Avengers, Wolverine, X-Force
HARVEY TOLIBAO - Psylocke, Silver Surfer, Heroes for Hire
JAY ANACLETO - Marvels Eye of the Camera, Aria, Spawn, Thor
LEINIL YU - Secret Invasion, Ultimate Avengers, X-men, Wolverine, Superman
LUI ANTONIO - Terminator, Savage Tales, Warlord of Mars
MICO SUAYAN - Moon Knight, X-men, Thor, Werewolf By Night
PHILIP TAN - Green Lantern, Outsiders, Spawn, X-men
STEPHEN SEGOVIA - Silver Surfer, Ultimate Avengers, Wolverine

Local Guest Artists:

ARIEL ATIENZA – Class, West Side
GIO PAREDES - Kalayaan
FREELY ABRIGO - Kapitan Tog, Kulas
IAN OLYMPIA – Ambition
JON ZAMAR – Digmaang Salinlahi
JOSEL NICOLAS – Windmills: Breakdowns
LYNDON GREGORIO - Beerkada
MACOY – Taal Monster vs Evil Space Paru-paro
MEL CASIPIT – Baboy 1 & 2
NORBY ELA - Gutom
RH QUILANTANG – Goodbye Rubbit
ROMMEL ESTANISLAO – Lipad
SHERRY BAET ZAMAR - Carpool
TEPAI PASCUAL – Maktan 1521

FCBD starts at 10:30 am, artist signing is from 1-4pm. RAFFLE PRIZES GIVEN OUT THROUGHOUT THE DAY! FCBD 2011...DON'T YOU DARE MISS IT!!!

For images of the Gold and Silver FCBD sponsored comics for this year, please click on the link below.

Visit http://freecomicbookday.com/comics.asp for more information

MESSAGES FROM SHREE VASANT

2011-04-19T08:52:00.003+08:00

March 29, 2011
Message received through Parvati

http://www.homa1.com/noticias/newsletter_60.htm

"Now, all of you must take Agnihotra Ash every day, at least three times a day. If you are able to add Agnihotra Ash to your water supply, to your well or at least to your drinking water, do that regularly.

Radiation particles travel and they do not respect boundaries nor do they target one region and not another. Therefore, be prepared.

Even when news media reports very low levels of ‘harmless’ radiation, one must read between the lines. Just take precautions wherever you live now.

Those who reside on the coast, be alerted that a move would be in order. As Orion has indicated numerous times, no coastal regions are safe.

Now, be aware. At Homa farms where all the Homas are performed regularly, the purity of atmosphere, soil and water is protected.

Stockpile supplies for HOMAS—cow dung, ghee, rice.

Stockpile food supplies and necessities for a six month period. Yes, you have time to do it as you can afford to do it.

However, ghee should be made and stored as soon as possible.

Drink pure water. If you cannot add Agnihotra Ash to the well, add it to the drinking water you use daily.

Again, We stress not to give in to panic, worry, fear or uncertainty of any kind.

Again, We emphasize that ‘to be forewarned is to be forearmed.’

This is nothing new. We have been speaking in these terms, alarmed by the state of the environment, for years. This is now more urgent, as catastrophic events of the past few weeks have heightened your collective awareness of the dangers to the global community.

Let us not take a cavalier approach, thinking ‘it cannot touch me.’ When a catastrophe of this caliber takes place anywhere on the Earth today, it affects all. We hold the solution in our hands. This is the time to move forward with all that has been proven, whether scientifically or experientially.

Walk in Light with brave and determined will. There are no boundaries to the Truth.

Go with blessings. Move with Grace.
OM TAT SAT."

SUMMER KOMIKON 2011!!!!!

2011-04-18T11:57:00.002+08:00

Wohooh, BEST KOMIKON EVAH!

Bagong lugar at bagong gimik!

Wahah, teka, simula tayo sa simula….

Una, simple lang ang pagsali sa KOMIKON: mag-enjoy, suportahan ang mga kaibigan, gumawa ng komiks, makilala ang mga ibang artists at gumawa ng mga bagong kaibigan. Parati naman ito ang ginagawa namin eh, kaya enjoy palagi. Nagiging busy sa paghahanda, lalo na sa pagtapos ng komiks na ilalabas, ngarag ever!

Eto nga pala ‘yung ad ng komiks namin…

Excited na nga lahat, tapos, may nabasa akong message na humihingi ng tulong para sa mga batang mag-aaral sa Mindanao, simple lang ang hiling nila, LAPIS at PAPEL. Medyo tinamaan ako, kaya bilang pagsuporta, nangalap na rin ako ng lapis at papel, at nanghingi sa mga kaibigan. D’un na nagsimula ang mga grabeng pangyayari.

Hindi ako makapaniwala sa mga tulong na ibinibigay. Marami na kaagad ang nagbigay ng mga lapis at papel, tapos ‘yung iba, pledges at iba pa. Si HARVEY TOLIBAO at HEUBERT MICHAEL KHAN, nagbigay ng oras nila…nagawa sila ng DRAW FOR A CAUSE, at lahat ng mga nag-donate sa mga sketch na ginawa nila, ibinigay nila para sa mga bata, WAHAW!

Eto nga pala ‘yung special poster na ginawa nila para dito…

…ispisyal talaga!

Tapos, isa pa, si EDGAR TADEO, nag-donate ng 2 artworks nya para ipa-auction sa KOMIKON. GRABEH na TALAGA!

Tapos n’ung KOMIKON na, grabeh na nga, ANG SAYA! Ang ganda ng lugar, malinis at malamig, maraming komiks at maraming tao!

Naging SUPER ABALA na, ‘buti maaga kaming exhibitors, at nakapaglibot at nakapamili na agad, n’ung pumasok ang mga tao, wala, grabeh na.

ANG DAMING TALAGANG TAO!

At siyempre pa, mga kaibigan, and’un rin…

DA GREAT MANIX ABRERA, si Chez ng Sputnik at Komikero pal Rod…

…at siyempre, ang mga kaibigan…

…si Fafah Gerry at Jonas, ang nakakatawa, ang bati sa akin ng mga tao, kung bati-bati na raw kami ant kung naisauli ko na ‘yung mga komiks ni Gerry, wahahaha, ang kukulit!

Tapos, sila Harvey at Heubert naman, na DINUMOG TALAGA ng mga tao!

…grabeh ang tao!

Tapos, auction naman ng ART ni EDGAR TADEO…

…eto ‘yung unang nanalo sa auction at naibenta namin ng P3,000.00…

…at pangalawa naman, sa halagang P2,600.00

Sa totoo lang, mangiyak-ngiyak na ako sa stage sa sobrang touched at tuwa…

At ng medyo nahawi na ang mga tao kila HARVEY at HEUBERT, eto na…

…kasama pa si GAB ng PAROKYA NI EDGAR!

…at ito pa…para raw kaming mga politikong nagpo-photo ops, heheheh…

FYI lang po, bale, nakapangalap kami ng mga lapis, papel at iba pang school supplies at halagang P10,775.00

GRABEH TALAGA, MEGA-THANK YOU PO SA LAHAT! Maraming batang mag-aaral sa Mindanao ang magiging masaya ngayong pasukan.

P.S.

TAOS-PUSONG PASASALAMAT po sa mga sumusunod (sana wala akong nakalimutan) …

MANIX ABRERA

GERRY ALANGUILAN

NEIL AMIEL CERVANTES

ROMMEL CUSTODIO

JONAS DIEGO

ILYN FLORESE-ALANGUILAN

MICHAEL GUISINGA

HEUBERT MICHAEL KHAN

KOMIKERO Artists Group

KOMIKON Organizers

ZARAH MACANDILI

APRIL ANN RICAFORT

ROBIN RIVERO

EDGAR TADEO

HARVEY TOLIBAO

JASON TORRES

Sabi nila...

2011-04-13T09:24:00.000+08:00

Sa wakas, napakinggan ko rin!

Dati ko pang nalaman ang kantang ito at na-meet ko pa mismo 'yung lumikha si Danny Fabella, gabeh, ang gandah ng kanta!

Sabi nila...
Musika ng Bayan

Sabi nila’y ‘di tayo para sa isa’t-isa
Dahil pareho lang tayong dalawa
Walang patutunguhan mula sa umpisa
Ang pagasasama daw na ‘di tugma

Ito ang tinuran ng nagkukunwang banal
Patunay na kapos sa pagmamahal
Ito ang tinuran ng nagkukunwang matuwid
Na ang puso’t damdamin’y manhid

‘pagkat tayong dalawa’y nagmamahalang lubos
Hangarin sa isa’t-isa’y tapat
Ipaglalaban natin panlalait, bibiguin
Mapanghusgang mundo’y babaguhin

Sabi nila’y ‘di tayong magiging masaya
Sa isang pagtitinginang ‘di tama
‘di raw kaayaya sa mata ng may likha
Kasalanan daw ating ginagawa

Ito ang tinuran ng nagkukunwang marangal
Na siyang yumuyurak sa ating dangal
Ito ang tinuran ng nagkukunwang malinis
Na puno ng dumi ang isip

‘pagkat tayong dalawa’y nagmamahalang lubos
Hangarin sa isa’t-isa’y tapat
Ipaglalaban natin panlalait, bibiguin
Mapanghusgang mundo’y babaguhin

‘pagkat tayong dalawa’y nagmamahalang lubos
Hangarin sa isa’t-isa’y tapat
Ipaglalaban natin panlalait, bibiguin
Mapanghusgang mundo’y babaguhin

Mapanghusgang mundo’y babaguhin

The Philosophy of Regeneration

2011-04-11T09:33:00.001+08:00

I received this from a friend, worth sharing to everyone....:D

The approach for Holistic Health Care with the following belief:

1) We believe that the body has the innate ability to create balance and order when properly nourished.

The body has different nutritional needs for each system. The ancient science believed that states of disease and hunger were manifestations of the same thing: a lack of nutrition. The body yields to diseases, weight gain or low energy when it does not receive the proper nourishment.

2) We believe that this nourishment must come from wholesome foods.

The body is designed to obtain its nourishment from whole foods like vegetables, fruits and grains. Only whole foods have the synergy necessary for this task- they have the proper cellular structure, which allows the body to assimilate these foods to nourish, balance and cleanse the body. Wild plant food existing in the forest has the best source of nourishment.

3) We believe that each person must be willing to accept responsibility for his or her own health.

Achieving well-being consists of a series of very personal decisions. "Listen to your body, and it will tell you what to do." Our bodies are the best monitor as to the value of any food. If you need to see a doctor, then go to one.

If you need to improve your nutrition, then learn about wholesome foods from God's gifts in Nature. Start from your own cultural tradition.

God designed each nation with its own plants growing in the wilderness for a reason to benefit all existing forms of life where we dwell.

What is it that GOD has given us in this land where we live so we may be well enough to dwell on Earth for the good of God’s kingdom? Why do these plants exist in our very own backyard?

DO WE HEAL OURSELVES AS WE START LEARNING TO USE IN A SENSIBLE WAY GOD'S GIFT IN NATURE?

IS FEVER GOOD FOR YOU?

2011-04-06T08:01:00.002+08:00

Ibang pagtingin sa lagnat...

Why fever is good for you

The common reaction to a fever is that of fear, and we do everything we can to try and reduce it because we feel the body getting hotter than it is supposed to. However, if we look at the whole picture and understand why we get a fever, we can see that it is a natural occurrence. It is the body’s way of sending a signal that something is not right. A fever indicates the presence of an infection in the body.

When they occur in children, fevers are often a cause for concern for parents who often shove different medicines down their throats, but this practice could actually be causing more harm than good. There have been different reports of how anxious parents have alternated Tylenol with Ibuprofen, which could create a huge set of problems in children, perhaps even leading to death in extreme cases. While pharmaceutical companies do make a big deal about reducing fevers, to a certain extent, fevers can be left as they are if the child is healthy, active, and comfortable. Fever reducing medication is only meant to decrease the discomfort of the child.

Why does fever occur?

A fever could occur for various reasons, but the most common causes include infections, medications, vaccinations, and teething in small children. However, the actual reason as to why a fever occurs is because the raised body temperature can kill viruses and other germs that can cause severe harm. It’s a known fact that white blood cells in our body work better when the body temperature is high, and so, the fever is actually aiding them. By trying to reduce fever, we are only doing ourselves more harm than good.

Nevertheless, many people worry that high fevers can cause brain damage or other problems such as hearing loss, but this isn’t quite true. These things could occur because of some other illnesses that have accompanied the fever.

A look at some instances in nature will also reveal that fever is nature’s way of fighting infections. In an experiment conduced on desert iguanas, they were introduced to bacteria, and since lizards are cold-blooded animals, their body temperature is sensitive to their surroundings. Some iguanas were allowed to sit in the sunshine to raise their body temperatures, while some weren’t. It’s not surprising that those who consciously developed the fever had better chances of survival as compared to those who didn’t.

When should you get concerned about a fever?

The normal human body temperature is 98.6 F and anything above 106F is extremely serious and requires medical attention. In the case of infants who are younger than 3 months, a fever of 100.4F is a cause for alarm. A good way to increase the chances of reducing their fever is to breastfeed them while waiting for treatment, as this releases antibodies that are present in the milk. For other people, a fever of more than 102F should always be treated as something that requires medical attention.

A fever also usually acts as a signal that something else is wrong with the body. Most people tend to think of the fever as the disease and do not realize that it also acts as the signal for something that could be more serious and life threatening.

A fever that does not go away in a couple of days could mean that there’s some deep-rooted infection and is something that needs to be taken care of. If the fever hasn’t gone away in a couple of days, then it’s best to consult a doctor to see what course of action should be taken. Not only does a fever help in fighting an infection, but it also acts a signal for a greater infection that needs to be treated. So, while you shouldn’t ply children or adults with medicines that are meant to reduce body temperature, you shouldn’t ignore a fever either, because it is one of the surest signals that the body can give us that all is not as it should be.

What to do when faced with a fever

A fever doesn’t always mean that you have to get out your Tylenol bottles from the medicine cabinet. Drink plenty of fluids, because the body gets dehydrated as a result of high body temperature, which in turn leads to a lot of discomfort. It’s also a good idea to reduce the intake of sugary foods because these can hamper the functioning of the immune system and will not help in fighting the infection.

As far as diet is concerned, offer something light and easily digestible to those with fever so that they can keep up their strength, because while fever as a whole is good, it can be quite debilitating as well.

References

http://www.naturalnews.com/031467_fevers_health.html

http://www.health-bytes.com/fever.htm

http://www.djur.cob.lu.se/Djurartiklar/Feber.html

10 things to learn from Japan.

2011-04-05T08:45:00.004+08:00

Galing sa isang kaibigan ko...'ganda lang i-share...sana lahat ganito...oh, gawa ko pala 'yung painting!

10 things to learn from Japan.

1. THE CALM
Not a single visual of chest-beating or wild grief. Sorrow itself has been elevated.

2. THE DIGNITY
Disciplined queues for water and groceries. Not a rough word or a crude gesture.

3. THE ABILITY
The incredible architects, for instance. Buildings swayed but didn’t fall.

4. THE GRACE
People bought only what they needed for the present, so everybody could get something.

5. THE ORDER
No looting in shops. No honking and no overtaking on the roads. Just understanding.

6. THE SACRIFICE
Fifty workers stayed back to pump sea water in the N-reactors. How will they ever be repaid?

7. THE TENDERNESS
Restaurants cut prices. An unguarded ATM is left alone. The strong cared for the weak.

8. THE TRAINING
The old and the children, everyone knew exactly what to do. And they did just that.

9. THE MEDIA
They showed magnificent restraint in the bulletins. No silly reporters. Only calm reportage.

10. THE CONSCIENCE
When the power went off in a store, people put things back on the shelves and left quietly!

KOMIKON 2011

2011-04-03T08:51:00.000+08:00

Hey, KOMIKON na!

SIGURADONG PUPUNTA ako rito!

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FETAD! Raising the ALARM against destructive mining

2011-04-02T12:25:00.002+08:00

FETAD! Raising the ALARM against destructive mining.

April 19 at 7:00pm - April 20 at 2:00am

A Benefit Concert for the Cordillera people.

FEATURING:
Danny Fabella, Kamanyang, Talahib, SavingSaturn,
Bobby's Chicharon and more!
Entrance Fee is at P150
Sponsorship Tickets is at P500 & P1000

APRIL FOOLS!

2011-04-01T12:42:00.000+08:00

Wehehehe, okay sa olrayt!

Enjoy!

Please say a prayer for Japan

2011-03-31T00:11:00.004+08:00

To All People Around the World

Please send your prayers of love and gratitude to water at the nuclear plants in Fukushima, Japan!

By the massive earthquakes of Magnitude 9 and surreal massive tsunamis, more than 10,000 people are still missing…even now… It has been 16 days already since the disaster happened. What makes it worse is that water at the reactors of Fukushima Nuclear Plants started to leak, and it’s contaminating the ocean, air and water molecule of surrounding areas.

Human wisdom has not been able to do much to solve the problem, but we are only trying to cool down the anger of radioactive materials in the reactors by discharging water to them.

Is there really nothing else to do?

I think there is. During over twenty year research of hado measuring and water crystal photographic technology, I have been witnessing that water can turn positive when it receives pure vibration of human prayer no matter how far away it is.
Energy formula of Albert Einstein, E=MC2 really means that Energy = number of people and the square of people’s consciousness.

Now is the time to understand the true meaning. Let us all join the prayer ceremony as fellow citizens of the planet earth. I would like to ask all people, not just in Japan, but all around the world to please help us to find a way out the crisis of this planet!!

The prayer procedure is as follows.

Name of ceremony:
“Let’s send our thoughts of love and gratitude to all water in the nuclear plants in Fukushima”

Day and Time:
March 31st, 2011 (Thursday) at 12:00 noon in each time zone

Please say the following phrase:
“The water of Fukushima Nuclear Plant, we are sorry to make you suffer. Please forgive us. We thank you, and we love you.”

Please say it aloud or in your mind. Repeat it three times as you put your hands together in a prayer position. Please offer your sincere prayer.

Thank you very much from my heart.

With love and gratitude,
Masaru Emoto
Messenger of Water

Ivan Brun Signing at Sputnik

2011-03-26T18:57:00.001+08:00

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Lavender Oil Benefits

2011-03-25T00:09:00.001+08:00

Para sa mga mahilig sa mabango....

It’s interesting to note that the fragrant lavender oil which has been used for many years as an essential oil in perfumes has some therapeutic uses as well. Lavender oil is typically extracted from the flowers of the lavender plant mostly through steam distillation. The dried flowers of this plant have been used as a component of pot pourri mixes since many years but today researchers are discovering newer uses of this aromatic oil.

Another interesting bit of information about the lavender plant is that its name is derived from the Latin word Lavare which means ‘to wash’. What this means is that the fragrance that comes from the lavender flowers are clean and seem freshly washed. Lavender oils have many uses today apart from being used in perfumes, soaps, lotions, creams, gels etc. Researchers are beginning to understand the more therapeutic uses of this aromatic oil.

Of the many uses that have recently sprung up, it’s the antifungal property of lavender oil that is most exciting. In recent times, the number of people suffering from fungal diseases has gone up tremendously and there is very little resistance to these diseases as well. In such a scenario, essential oils such as lavender pose a better solution to tackling fungal diseases because of their antifungal properties. Here’s a look at how lavender oil can help.

Infections – Herbalists today are increasingly turning to natural methods of curing skin infections that extend to skin, hair and nails such as Athlete’s foot, ringworm and Candida Albicans by using lavender oil. All these fungal infections seem to have better chances of healing with the help of lavender oil and the best reasons are that it is economical and does not have any side effects also. Massaging with lavender oil also greatly helps the dry, scaly lesions that develop in people with eczema (Natural eczema remedies).

Alopecia – Alopecia is an autoimmune disease in which hair falls out in patches and massaging with lavender oil has shown to be greatly helpful in reducing this type of hairfall.

Psoriasis – While there is no known cure for psoriasis, which is an autoimmune disease in which the skin develops rough and scaly patches that are dry and itchy, lavender oil can greatly help in alleviating the itchiness that accompanies this disease.

Leucorrhea – A little known fact about lavender oil is that it can be used to treat leucorrhea as well. Leucorrhea is the medical term for white discharge that is a common enough problem in many women. If left untreated, it can become chronic and cause numerous problems later on. A natural way of taking care of this is through lavender oil.

Insect bites – It’s interesting to note that lavender oil can repel insects such as moths and mosquitoes and is also effective against mosquito bites. Most herb based mosquito repellants often use lavender oil as an important ingredient.

Hair care – Those suffering from lice and nits know how frustrating it can get but lavender oil is a natural way of dealing with it and helps get rid of these parasites from our hair.

Urine flow – Urinary infections are often caused by cystitis or inflammation of the urinary bladder and can cause pain during urination. Lavender oil encourages production of urine and reduces the inflammation as well, helping to a large extent in freeing the urine flow.

Respiratory disorders – Most respiratory disorders occur because of throat infections, flu, cold, cough and these usually get exacerbated into something more serious if left untreated. Of course, the usual method of treating these includes heavy doses of antibiotics which isn’t a good overall option any longer as we know how they can do more harm than good. However, lavender oil is an excellent natural method to alleviate these problems as it can be inhaled as vapor or applied topically to reduce the infection.

Wounds and burns – Wounds, cuts and burns heal better with the application of lavender oil as it is antiseptic and a pain reliever. It is also known to heal sunburns and also aids in the formation of scar tissue as well, encouraging the healing process and making it faster.

Researchers are trying to understand the properties of lavender oil better although they have found that it is a powerful antimicrobial and it also works as an antispasmodic treatment. Although the uses of lavender oil are still being researched, it’s being combined with various other herbal blends and essential oils to help in the treatment of insomnia, fatigue, stress and other such problems.

References

http://www.naturalnews.com/031470_lavender_oil_antifungal.html

http://www.organicfacts.net/organic-oils/natural-essential-oils/health-benefits-of-lavender-essential-oil.html

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

Original article here.

Genkidama de Balbona!

2011-03-24T08:02:00.002+08:00

You can help just by watching.

GSIS Painting Competition 2011

2011-03-23T08:11:00.000+08:00

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HOW MUCH RADIATION?

2011-03-21T08:17:00.008+08:00

Medyo maraming nagpa-panic...may mga school nagpauwi pa ng mga estudyante at baka umabot raw dito sa atin ang radiation, ang labo!

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GET RADIATION OUT OF YOUR BODY

2011-03-19T00:19:00.000+08:00

Worth sharing to everyone...

The tragic meltdown at Fukushima has raised our awareness about the dangers of radiation. Whether or not you are in direct danger of the nuclear fallout from Fukushima you need to be aware.

Here’s the deal…

Exposure to radiation is a common enough occurrence these days, especially since we are surrounded everywhere with electronic devices that are constantly emitting harmful radiation. Moreover, if you actually live near a nuclear facility or work with radioactive equipment, your exposure to radiation could be many times worse and you need to look for ways in which you can eliminate it from your body.

Radiation can be removed from your body through many natural methods and naturally occurring elements. Learning about these could mean the difference between good health and the possibility of facing diseases such as cancer.

In the light of recently occurring events, it becomes imperative that we hone up our knowledge on the different ways in which we can remove radiation from our body, or even try to eliminate it completely.

Now, when the winds from Japan are caring high amounts of radiation to US, it’s very important to stock up on the products below.
Iodine – One of the first diseases that can occur in people living near nuclear facilities that have faced a nuclear fallout is thyroid cancer. Potassium iodide, which is also known as the thyroid mineral can greatly help in preventing thyroid cancer as it can maintain the right balance of iodine in the thyroid. This compound also helps in the healthy functioning of the thyroid as a whole and protects it from both hyper and hypothyroidism.

Potassium iodide is FDA approved and available without prescription as well. You can also look at seaweed, which can prevent the occurrence of thyroid cancer, as a source of natural iodine.
Nascent iodine - Nascent iodine is more expensive than potassium iodide, but it is more palatable and high dosages of it can be given to even children. Experts recommend that iodine should be used to saturate the thyroid as this would make it strong enough to reject radioactive elements from entering the body. Before deciding on the dosage, it’s still recommended to consult a doctor.
Spirulina – Spirulina is a super food that is derived from blue green algae and it has many health benefits. It is commonly used in various health drinks. People consume Spirulina for various reasons- to feel more rejuvenated, to strengthen the immune system or to detoxify the body.
Recent studies have indicated that Spirulina is also quite helpful in anti-radiation therapy and according to research that has been conducted with children in Chernobyl, Spirulina can also help as a medication for radiation poisoning. It can prevent the occurrence of diseases such as leukemia and help the body fight bacterial and viral infections. When taken orally, it can also help in removing barium from the body.

Chlorella – Chlorella is fresh water, single celled algae that contains the highest amount of chlorophyll in any known plant. Apart from having numerous benefits for the body, it is also one of the best known methods of expelling radiation from the body.
Chlorella, in particular, has the ability to neutralize radiation and remove toxins such as cadmium, dioxins and PCBs from the body. It’s ability to detoxify uranium, lead and copper has also made it very valuable, especially considering the scenario today.

Fulvic acid - Fulvic acid is a water-soluble organic substance that is found in surface water and it has some really amazing benefits although scientists the world over are just waking up to it. Fulvic acid is a humic acid that transforms the molecular structure of water and enhances the functions of water.
When it comes to getting rid of radiation from your body, fulvic acid is right on top of the list, as it can break down heavy metals and toxins in the body and even throw it out of the system. It also doesn’t have any side effects.

Reishi mushroom - Reishi mushrooms, or Ling Zhi in Chinese, are known to have some amazing health benefits. They can strengthen the immune system and improve blood circulation. An important use of this mushroom that is very relevant today is that it is known to offer protection against ionizing radiation.
Magnesium - Magnesium is an important mineral in our bodies and is associated with a variety of benefits. Primary among these benefits today is that magnesium helps in removing heavy metals that encourage radiation damage from our body. Magnesium oil is one of the best possible ways in which it can be incorporated into your body.
Zeolites - Zeolites are minerals that contain water molecules trapped inside them. Zeolites can occur in nature, and there are about forty of them which form in volcanic and sedimentary rocks but there are also plenty of artificial zeolites as well. Zeolites have a number of uses today, especially in water filters and water softeners but the most important use is that it can expel heavy metals from the body. Because of its molecular structure, zeolites can bind heavy metals and other toxins in the body.
Preventive measures are very important especially today as there’s no saying how far radioactive fallout can travel and reach us. It’s indeed better to be prepared and understand the different ways in which we can prevent radiation from reaching us. Of course, learning how we can remove the radiation is equally important.

References:

http://www.groundreport.com/Media_and_Tech/Radiation-Give-Your-Body-a-Break-from-It/2851979

http://www.healingcancernaturally.com/chelating-ionizing-radiation.html

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/8482106-japanese-radiation-exposure-treatments-and-cancer-prevention

http://www.gdr.org/beepollenspirulina.htm

http://www.herbwisdom.com/herb-chlorella.html

http://www.livestrong.com/article/334359-foods-that-cleanse-radiation-from-body/

http://www.fulvicionicminerals.com/

http://blog.imva.info/medicine/iodine-treatments-radiation-exposure

http://www.reishi.com/

http://www.dirtyelectricitysolutions.com/more-info/protecting-ourselves-from-emf-s-and-other-energy-fields

http://www.explainthatstuff.com/zeolites.html

http://www.experts123.com/q/how-can-liquid-zeolite-remove-toxic-metals-such-as-lead-and-mercury-but-not-healthy-ones-such-as-calcium-and-magnesium.html

Metrobank Art and Design Excellence (MADE) 2011 Contest

2011-03-17T11:18:00.000+08:00

Uy, meron na ulit, kaya sali na!:D

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The Competition is open to young Filipino painters and sculptors 18 to 35 years old and licensed architects and interior designers 25 to 45 years old. In partnership with Philippine Institute of Interior Designers, United Architects of the Philippines, Federal Land and BluPrint, the competition aims to provide a venue for creative expressions of young talented artists and designers.

The painting competition has two categories namely Oil-Based Medium on Canvas and Water Media on Paper on a minimum of 18 x 24 inches to a maximum of 36 x 48 inches. While the sculpture competition is open to the following media: glass, metal, wood, stone, and fired clay rendered in small scale measuring a minimum of 12” x 12” to a maximum of 16” x 16”.

While the architecture competition category requires a built structure single detached residence in the Philippines, completed and occupied for at least one year. The interior design competition on the other hand requires a conceptual work output.

Winners in the painting competition, Oil-Based Medium on Canvas category will receive P 150,000 (1st place); P 130,000 (2nd place); P 120,000 (3rd place). While winners in the Water Media on Paper category, Sculpture, Architecture, and Interior Design competitions will receive P 150,000 each.

Entry forms are available at all Metrobank branches nationwide.

For inquiries, please contact the Metrobank Foundation at (63-2) 898.8856 or 857.5918 or email at foundation@metrobank.com.ph.

For queries on architecture and interior design competitions, you can also call UAP National Secretariat at 412.6403 /6374 and PIID Secretariat at 867.1403 / 1404, respectively.

Activated Charcoal

2011-03-15T09:10:00.002+08:00

Para sa kaalaman ng lahat, sana makatulong....

The Benefits of Activated Charcoal

Activated charcoal powder is an amazing substance and there are many benefits of activated charcoal. It adsorbs more poisons than any other substance known to mankind.

It can adsorb lead acetate, strychnine, DDT, many drugs (including cocaine, iodine, penicillin, aspirin, phenobarbital), and inorganic substances (chlorine, lead, and mercury).

Activated charcoal powder can adsorb thousands of times its own weight in gases, heavy metals, poisons, and other chemicals; thus it renders them ineffective and harmless.

It can adsorb intestinal gas and deodorizes foul-smelling gases of various kinds.

Activated charcoal can do these various things because of its ability to attract other substances to its surface and hold them there. This is called “adsorption” (not absorption). Another one of the benefits of activated charcoal is that it can adsorb thousands of times its own weight in harmful substances. One teaspoonful of it has a surface area of more than 10,000 square feet.

The British medical journal, Lancet, discusses the amazing ability of the human skin to allow transfer of liquids, gases, and even micro-particles through its permeable membrane and pores, by the application of a moist, activated charcoal poultice and compress which actually draw bacteria and poisons through the skin and into the poultice or compress! The article describes the use of activated charcoal compresses to speed the healing of wounds and eliminate their odors. But the activated charcoal poultices must be kept moist and warm for this healing process to occur.

Ancient Egyptian doctors, as well as Hippocrates (the Greek physician), recommended the use of charcoal for medicinal purposes due to the many benefits of activated charcoal. North American Indians used it for gas pains and skin infections. It eases inflammation and bruises.

A 1981 research study found that activated charcoal reduces the amount of gas produced by eating beans and other gas-forming foods. It adsorbs the excess gas, along with the bacteria which form the gas.

Activated charcoal helps eliminate bad breath, because it cleanses both the mouth and the digestive tract. It also helps to purify the blood.

It relieves symptoms of nervous diarrhea, traveler’s diarrhea (turista), spastic colon, indigestion, and peptic ulcers. For such problems, take between 1-1 1/2 tablespoons of powdered activated charcoal up to 3 times a day. Because food will reduce its effectiveness, take it between meals. Swirl the charcoal in a glass of water and then drink it down; or mix it with olive oil and spoon it into your mouth.

Activated charcoal powder was placed in gas masks during World War I; and it effectively counteracted poison gas.

Bad odors, caused by skin ulcers, have been eliminated by placing charcoal-filled cloth over plastic casts. It has been used externally to effectively adsorb wound secretions, bacteria, and toxins. And, in an activate charcoal poultice and pack, it treats infections of the face, eyelids, skin, or extremities.

It is one of the best substances in poultices for mushroom poisoning, insect stings, brown recluse spider bites, black widow bites, and various types of snake bites. And we’re still not done listing the benefits of activated charcoal!

It is used in water purification, air purification, and for removing undesirable odors and impurities in food.

Charcoal is the most-used remedy when many different types of poisons may have been swallowed. It is also used for diarrhea and indigestion.

Another one of the benefits of activated charcoal powder is its use for jaundice of the newborn, poison oak and ivy reactions, and many other illnesses.

All research studies show activated charcoal powder to be harmless when it is accidentally inhaled, swallowed, or in contact with the skin. (But if enough is swallowed, it can cause a mild constipation.) No allergies to it have been reported. But it is best not to take activated charcoal longer than 12 weeks without stopping. Do not take it regularly for long periods of time.

No home, especially one with children, should be without Activated Charcoal Powder. You can purchase high-quality and effective Activated Charcoal Powder here.

Charcoal from burned toast should never be used; since substances are present which are carcinogenic. Do not eat burned food. Charcoal briquettes are especially dangerous, because petro-chemicals have been added to them.

The most effective type of charcoal is the activated form. This process renders it 2 to 3 times as effective as regular charcoal. First, the charcoal is ground very fine; and then it is placed in a steam chamber. This opens up the charcoal and exposes more of its surfaces, so it can adsorb much more.

Modern medical science uses Activated Charcoal USP, a pure, naturally produced wood charcoal carbon that has no carcinogenic properties.

Activated charcoal powder must be stored in a tightly sealed container, because it readily adsorbs impurities from the atmosphere. (Leaving the top off a container of charcoal will partially purify the room it is in, to the degree that the air in the room comes in contact with the charcoal.)

Simply place some in water, stir, and swallow. Or apply it to the skin’s surface. It is odorless and tasteless. Powdered, activated charcoal achieves maximum adsorption within a minute or so after absorption.

Charcoal can also be placed in empty gelatin capsules and swallowed. (Gelatin is usually processed from animals.) But they will act more slowly than swallowing the powder mixed with water. Activated charcoal powder can also be mixed with a little fruit juice before being swallowed; but, of course, it will adsorb that also. This should not be a problem if the juice is diluted or there is a sufficient amount of charcoal in it.

Activated charcoal is required by law to be part of the standard equipment on many ambulances, in case poisoning is encountered. Due to the many benefits of activated charcoal, is the first choice of the medical profession.

Scientific experiments, conducted over a period of many years, attest to the effectiveness of charcoal as an antidote. In one experiment, 100 times the lethal dose of cobra venom was mixed with charcoal and injected into a laboratory animal. The animal was not harmed.

In other experiments, arsenic and strychnine were thoroughly mixed with charcoal and then swallowed by humans under laboratory conditions. The subjects survived, even though the poison dosages were 5 to 10 times the lethal dose.

Because medicinal drugs are chemical compounds, they are all poisons to a greater or lesser degree. Because of this, if charcoal is taken with them, or soon afterward, it will tend to adsorb and inactivate the drugs. Therefore, physicians recommend that you only take charcoal two hours before or two hours after taking a medicinal drug.

Physicians primarily use activated charcoal powder for eight different purposes. Here they are:

1 – To treat poisonous bites from snakes, spiders, and insects (38).
2 – To treat poisonings in general, as well as overdoses of aspirin, Tylenol, and other drugs.
3 – To treat some forms of dysentery, diarrhea, dyspepsia, and foot-and-mouth disease.
4 – To disinfect and deodorize wounds.
5 – To eliminate toxic by-products that cause anemia in cancer patients.
6 – To filter toxins from the blood in liver and kidney diseases.
7 – To purify blood in transfusions.

Although activated charcoal can be used as an antidote in poisoning from most drugs and chemicals, it will not be effective against the following: cyanide, alcohol, caustic alkalies (such as lye), mineral acids, or boric acids. Strong alkaline and acid poisons need to be treated with solutions with the opposite pH.

For example, until the ambulance arrives, calcium powder in water will help offset acids and vinegar will help offset alkalies. Consult a Poison Control Center (phone numbers are in the front of your phone book) or a doctor immediately, for instructions and information in any poisoning emergency.

When mixed with water and swallowed to counteract poisoning, activated charcoal powder adsorbs the poison or drug, inactivating it. It then carries it inert through the entire length of the digestive tract and out of the body. Charcoal is not absorbed, adsorbed, neutralized, nor metabolized by the body.

No home, especially one with children, should be without Activated Charcoal Powder. You can purchase high-quality and effective Activated Charcoal Powder here.

In a poisoning emergency, if the victim is conscious, first induce vomiting (unless he has swallowed an acid) if it can be done quickly. Ipecac is a commonly used emetic. The dosage is 1/2 oz. for children and 1 oz. for adults. Induced vomiting will bring up about 30% of the poison from the stomach.

Then give the activated charcoal to help inactivate the remaining 70%. The usual dose is 5-50 grams of charcoal, depending on age and body size. Adults should be given at least 30 grams (about half a cup of lightly packed powder), depending on the amount of poison ingested. Larger doses will be needed if the person has eaten a meal recently.

A dose of 200 grams is not excessive in cases of severe poisoning. The activated charcoal will reach its maximum rate of adsorption within one minute. The sooner it is given, the more complete will be the adsorption of the poison. Always keep a large jar of activated charcoal in your kitchen! The dose can be repeated every four hours or until charcoal appears in the stool.

Never give activated charcoal, or anything else, to an unconscious person to swallow. Contact a physician or ambulance immediately.

Do not give charcoal before giving an emetic (to get him to vomit), because the charcoal will neutralize the emetic. Remember that activated charcoal will not work in cases of poisoning by strong acids or alkalies.

Here is a sampling of over 100 substances which are adsorbed by activated charcoal powder:

Acetaminophen / Aconitine / Amitriptyline / hydrochloride / Amphetamine / Antimony / Antipyrine / Arsenic / Aspirin / Atropine / Barbital, Barbiturates / Ben-Gay / Benzodiazepines / Cantharides / Camphor / Chlordane / Chloroquine / Chlorpheniramine / Chlorpromazine / Cocaine / Colchicine / Congesprin / Contact / Dalmane / Darvon / Delphinium / Diazepam / 2-, 4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid / Digitalis (Foxglove) / Dilantin / Diphenylhydantoin / Diphenoxylates / Doriden / Doxepin / Elaterin / Elavil / Equanil / Ergotamine / Ethchlorvynol / Gasoline / Glutethimide / Golden chain / Hemlock / Hexachlorophene / Imipramine / Iodine / Ipecac / Isoniazid / Kerosene / Lead acetate / Malathion / Mefenamic acid / Meprobamate / Mercuric chloride / Mercury / Methylene blue / Methyl salicylate / Miltown / Morphine / Multivitamins and minerals / Muscarine / Narcotics / Neguvon / Nicotine / Nortriptyline / Nytol / Opium / Oxazepam / Parathion / Penicillin / Pentazocine / Pentobarbital / Pesticides / Phenobarbital / Phenolphthalein / Phenol / Phenothiazines / Phenylpropanolamine / Placidyl / Potassium permanganate / Primaquine / Propantheline / Propoxyphene / Quinacrine / Quinidine / Quinine / Radioactive substances / Salicylamide / Salicylates / secobarbital / Selenium / Serax / Silver / Sinequan / Sodium Salicylate / Sominex / Stramonium / Strychnine / Sulfonamides / Talwin / Tofranil / Tree tobacco / Yew / Valium / Veratrine / Some silver and antimony salts / Many herbicides

Therapeutic Action: Activated Charcoal Powder works by ADSORPTION, which is an Electrical Action, rather than Absorption, which is a Mechanical Action. Activated Charcoal Powder ADSORBS MOST Organic and Inorganic Chemicals, that do NOT belong in the Body, but it does NOT ADSORB Nutrients! The benefits of activated charcoal, as you can see, seem nearly limitless!

Formula: To make an Activated Charcoal Slurry, you must:

1. Add 1 tsp. of Activated Charcoal Powder to an 8 oz. Glass of PURE Water and stir.

NOTE: LOWER the Dosage to 1/2 tsp. or ADD Psyllium Husks, if the Person, who needs help, has a tendency to become Constipated. And drink through a Straw, if the grittiness is a problem.

Formula: To make Activated Charcoal Poultice, you must:

1. Use EQUAL amounts of Activated Charcoal Powder with Flaxseed Meal. Blend in blender, the amount of Seed NEEDED to make the Meal.

2. Place the 2 Powders in a dry bowl and add Water SLOWLY as you stir, mixing into a Toothpaste consistency.

NOTE: 2 tablespoons of each Powder will take approximately 5 or 6 tablespoons of Water. This amount of Poultice Paste would make a Poultice approximately 6 x 6 inches.

3. Reach a DESIRED Consistency, that is NOT TOO WET to run all over, NOT TOO DRY to fall apart), and spread it EVENLY over a Macroporous Cloth, such as an UNBLEACHED (preferably) Paper Towel or a Cotton Cloth.

4. Must now place the top of your Poultice “sandwich” over the Activated Charcoal laden bottom layer.

5. Cover with a soft-type Cling Wrap (Saran Wrap).

6. Place over DESIRED Area of the Skin to be treated (Sandwich on the Skin with the Saran Wrap over the top).

7. Wrap Saran Wrap, a Towel, or a stretch-type (Ace) Bandage around to secure the Sandwich in place.

8. Leave Activated Charcoal Poultice in place overnight or at least 1-2 hours, if applied during the day.

9. Always DISCARD an Activated Charcoal Poultice after use. Do NOT REUSE it!

NOTE: The Activated Charcoal Poultice can be made SMALL by using a Bandaid or made LARGE by using a Cotton Sheet.

How to Use an Activated Charcoal Poultice

Activated charcoal poultices that are kept moist and warm actually draw toxins and poisons out through the skin tissue. This is because skin is a permeable membrane, which permits a variety of liquids and gases to enter and exit the body.

Make the poultice just large enough to cover the injured part. The paste may be made by mixing equal parts of flax seed meal or corn starch with the activated charcoal, in a bowl, and then adding just enough hot water to make a moderately thick paste. Then spread the paste over a porous cloth, covering over the top with another layer of that same cloth.

Place the poultice over the area to be treated and cover it with a piece of plastic. Cover or wrap with a cloth, to hold it all in place. Secure by a tie, stretch bandage, or pin.

Apply the activated charcoal poultice for 1 or 2 hours. If applied at bedtime, leave it on overnight. Adsorption takes place almost immediately. When it is removed, wash or gently cleanse the area with cool water. Repeat when needed. Poultices should, at the most, be changed every 6-10 hours. Do not put charcoal directly on the broken skin; because it may cause a tatooing effect, blackening the skin for a period of time.

No home, especially one with children, should be without Activated Charcoal Powder. You can purchase high-quality and effective Activated Charcoal Powder here.

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Who's that girl?

2011-03-13T13:20:00.004+08:00

Eto ang latest movie ni Ms. Eugene Domingo na napanood ko!

Sa totoo lang, pinanood ko lang ang pelikulang ito dahil narito si Ms. Eugene....

Kwela talaga kapag siya, as usual, siya ang nagdala sa pelikula, baliw talaga - she's a genius!

Medyo, okay din naman ang ibang artista pati na rin ang direktor - may mga suking artista ang direktor ha!

At, ahay, andito nga pala si Fafah si Miguel Faustman!

oh say!

Okay lang ang product placement, 'di masyadong garapal...naaayon naman sa eksena.

Nakakatawa din naman, may mga eksena lang na hindi yata akma...pero sa lahat, okay lang.

Tatawa at mag-e-enjoy ka talaga.

Brain Food

2011-03-12T00:18:00.002+08:00

Pagkain para sa utak!

Studies have shown that certain types of food can vastly enhance our cognitive powers and make our brains work harder and better. Obviously, we have to make such foods a part of our diet because having an active brain is important. Also, the more active you are mentally, there could be less chances of you developing Alzheimer’s, although of course, that hasn’t been proven yet.

Over the ages, people have believed in the power of certain foods over others in enhancing the health of our brain. Some of these claims have been corroborated by research while others have not stood the test of time. Here’s a look at some of the foods that you must include in your diet to ensure better functioning of your brain.

Fish - Fish oil is rich in Omega 3 fatty acids and today everyone has heard of the benefits that can be derived from this wonder supplement. If you’re going to eat fish and not just pop the pills, then try and get hold of wild salmon because it is a very rich source of brain food. It not only has Omega 3 but it is also a good source of high quality protein and low saturated fat and doesn’t contain as many contaminants such as mercury. Make wild salmon a regular part of your diet and see the difference.

Nuts – Your mom was right when she told you to munch on nuts instead of unhealthy junk food that simply added the rust to your brain. Common nuts such as walnuts, cashews, almonds and hazelnuts are loaded with nutrients that can pack quite a punch. Among nuts, walnuts are known to contain a good amount of protein, Omega 3 and vitamins that can enrich your brain cells.

Seeds - Sunflower seeds, sesame seeds and flax seeds are being hailed by health enthusiasts for the numerous benefits they have to offer. However, primary among these is that these seeds can also make your brain work better. They also contain minerals such as magnesium which is known to boost our brain power.

Cacao Beans - No, you can’t go and eat all the candy you want because it contains chocolate and chocolate comes from cacao beans. Your mind won’t become any sharper but you will definitely find your hips to be heavier! Cacao beans have been found to contain many brain enhancing components such as antioxidants, flavonoids, catechins etc which are renowned to make your brain sharper. To derive all these benefits, it’s imperative that you choose 100% organic, non-alkalized cocoa powder which has been processed minimally or simply raw cacao beans. You could also try dark chocolate that contains at least 85% cocoa as compared to other chocolates which could have only 20 to 30 percent.

Acai berries - This well-known superfood contains the highest ORAC antioxidant levels that have ever been found. With its rich haul of antioxidants, not only will it make your body healthier than before, it also hugely contributes towards making you mentally sharper and more perceptive.

Blueberries - Blueberries are also excellent brain food and they’ve been known to enhance your mental prowess. The good thing about blueberries is that it’s easier to get them and use them in your food as compared to some other berries, even Acai, which lose their potency after processing.

Eggs - Eggs are packed with plenty of nutrients such as selenium that can improve mood and choline, which increases the size of the neurons, helping them fire electrical signals more strongly, thereby boosting the memory center of the brain.

Avocados - Avocados are right up there on the brain food list along with blueberries. They contain mono-unsaturated fats that increase the blood flow and thereby help in making the brain healthier.

Coffee - Two cups a day can actually boost your memory power and make your brain work better. But it’s a pointless exercise if you load your coffee with sugar, whipped cream and chocolate sauce. Research has shown it to be one of the best known brain foods that reduces the risks of dementia and Alzheimer’s.

Green Tea - This amazing drink is not overrated as some people think. Green tea enhances memory and helps people in focusing better. It also prevents mental fatigue and the catechines (phytochemical compound) in it promote a sense of wellbeing.

Tomatoes - This humble fruit that finds its place in our salads is a rich source of lycopene, which is very good for the brain. It prevents free radicals from wreaking damage to the brain cells and helps prevent the brain from aging.

Broccoli - This nutrient rich food is a good source of Vitamin K which helps you think better and more clearly and improves brain power greatly.

Olive oil - Long held as the bastion of overall good health, extra virgin or raw, unprocessed olive oil helps you in having clear thinking and good memory.

Brain foods often work in conjunction with each other so try and maximize the benefits for your brain by combining two or three of them into your meals and start noticing the difference.

References:

http://www.brainready.com/blog/thetop5brainhealthfoods.html

http://www.steadyhealth.com/articles/Foods_That_Improve_Your_Brain_Function_a794.html

http://www.naturalnews.com/019885.html

Original article here.

SUMMER - Joe Hisaishi

2011-03-10T00:54:00.000+08:00

I am now loving this song...araw-araw kong pinapakinggan!:D

COMICS SALE!

2011-03-08T15:58:00.004+08:00

Uy, SALE! SALE! SALE!

Punta na!:D

Typical Man

2011-03-03T07:00:00.000+08:00

Oh, me like this!:D

Heart Attack Procedure

2011-03-01T08:02:00.000+08:00

Ay, mahalaga ito...baka makatulong ito sa inyo....

HEART ATTACK PROCEDURE

Everyone should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.

You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack.

Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up.

Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive...

Let's say it's 6.15 pm and you're 20 driving home. Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to radiate out into your arm and up into your jaw. You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home.

Unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself.

HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE

Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, without help, the person whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.

However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough, deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest.

A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.

Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm.

In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital.

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY

2011-02-28T07:00:00.002+08:00

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY SA COMIC ODYSSEY!

Punta na!

Ako pupunta, dahil last year, nag-enjoy talaga kami ng mga kaibigan ko d'un!

...paki-click na lang po ang poster para sa detalye....:D

Drinking Cold water after meal = Cancer!

2011-02-24T08:48:00.002+08:00

Ack, 'buti pala naiwasan ko na ito!

Can you believe this??

For those who like to drink cold water, this information is applicable to you.

It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion.

Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine.

Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to Drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

Brain Plasticity and Transcendental Meditation with Dr. Fred Travis

2011-02-22T00:19:00.001+08:00

i-share ko lang ito...

Dr Fred Travis explains what happens to the brain when someone practices the Transcendental Meditation technique.

http://www.tm.org

All experiences changes the brain and nothing changes the brain like transcending.

Fred Travis: Mr Lynch and Dr Hagelin gave a very compelling image of a Unified Field at the basis of our thought, at the basis of our behavior and these compelling images have concrete reality in the functioning of our brain. The quality of the functioning of your brain determines the quality of the functioning of your mind.

If you want a creative mind you need a creative brain. If you want a calm and alert mind you need a restful and alert brain. This relationship goes the other way as well - the brain not only generates experience but also each experience we have changes the brain.

Every time you see something, you hear something the words now going into your ears are creating this cascade of electrical activity in your brain. Individual neuron by individual neuron is sending the information and you have as if these connecting hands, we have this delicate network over your brain and that's what lets you see. That's what lets you decide and every time you have an experience that network gets a little stronger.

Your brain is a RIVER it's not a ROCK. Indeed 70% of your brain cells change every day. What we have here is an example of 2 dendrites. Dendrites are where one cell takes in information and these little bumps that you see are called dendritic spines, this is where one neuron is communicating with this neuron. You have 100 billion neurons in your brain, each one get input from about 10,000 other neurons every second. You could imagine getting 10,000 phone calls every second and trying to integrate it together into one coherent output.

One of the most research ways to improve holistic brain function is through practicing the Transcendental Meditation technique.

EATING FRUITS

2011-02-17T10:39:00.003+08:00

Eto pala ang tamang paraan ng pagkain ng mga prutas....:D

EATING FRUITS

We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting it and just popping it into our mouths. It's not so easy as you think. It's important to know how and when to eat.

What is the correct way of eating fruits?
* IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUITS AFTER YOUR MEALS!
* FRUITS SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH.

If you eat fruit like that, it will play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities.

FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD.
Let's say you eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit.. The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented from doing so.

In the meantime the whole meal rots and ferments and turns to acid. The minute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil.

So please eat your fruits on an empty stomach or before your meals! You have heard people complaining - every time I eat water-melon I burp, when I eat durian my stomach bloats up, when I eat banana I feel like running to the toilet etc - actually all this will not arise if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach. The fruit mixes with the putrefying other food and produces gas and hence you will bloat!

Graying hair, balding, nervous outburst, and dark circles under the eyes all these will not happen if you take fruits on an empty stomach.

There is no such thing as some fruits like orange and lemon are acidic because all fruits become alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did a research on this matter.

If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the Secret of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight.

When you need to drink fruit juice - drink only fresh fruit juice, NOT From the cans. Don't even drink juice that has been heated up. Don't eat Cooked fruits because you don't get the nutrients at all. You only get to taste.

Cooking destroys all the vitamins.

But eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice. If you should drink the juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it.

You can go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse your body.

Just eat fruits and drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days and you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look!

KIWI: Tiny but mighty.
This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, Vitamin E & fiber. Its Vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.

APPLE: An apple a day keeps the doctor away?
Although an apple has a low Vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of Vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.

STRAWBERRY: Protective Fruit.
Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessels-clogging free radicals.

ORANGE: Sweetest medicine.
Taking 2 -4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessens the risk of colon cancer.

WATERMELON: Coolest
Thirst Quencher Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene - the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are Vitamin C & Potassium.

GUAVA & PAPAYA: Top awards for Vitamin C.
They are the clear winners for their high Vitamin C content. Guava is Also rich in fiber, which helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene; this is good for your eyes.

Dream Eco-House!

2011-02-16T07:00:00.003+08:00

Galing naman nito!

Nakaka-inspire talaga!

Ito ang DREAM HOUSE ko!:D

Don't drink your milk!

2011-02-14T07:00:00.000+08:00

Hmmmnnn, so okay pa pala at hindi ako umiinom ng gatas....:D

Animal Protein Steals Calcium From Your Bones
Vegan Nutritionista

You have probably never stopped to think about animal protein before. I personally never had either.

We've all heard it before... "Milk does a body good." I personally believed for the vast majority of my early life that drinking as much milk as I could load into my body was one of the best things I could do for my health. I thought I needed all the calcium so I could keep my bones strong and healthy. But, it turns out that I was wrong on many accounts. Much research has been done on the effects of protein from animal sources on the body, and it isn't pretty.

Now, I have recently learned not to trust research done by anyone who has a stake in the research results. Not to say that I think everyone is corrupt, but I would rather get my advice from someone who doesn't care one way or the other about the outcome than from someone who might like for the data to prove something.

So, here is some research data from people who are not affiliated with the dairy industry in any way...

Yale University published a report in 1992 on a study done on sixteen countries in many different surveys and reviewed by peers... the report said that 70% of the fracture rate in women fifty years and older was from eating animal protein.

It turns out that animal protein, specifically casein (the protein in milk,) is very acidic, and the body tries to neutralize this acidity by taking the base calcium from our bones.

It's also found that once this excess calcium is taken from the bones, it is transferred out of the body with our urine. Multiple studies have been done to find this, and you can read all the details in The China Study, by Dr. Colin Campbell.

Also, the people studied are not drinking a crazy amount of milk to achieve these results. This is based on normal drinking habits.

Another study was done by University of California at San Francisco, called the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Research Group on women 65-years old and up.

They tested 1000 women over seven years and found that the women with the highest ratio of animal to plant protein had more incidences of bone fracture than women with the lowest ratio. Their bone loss ratewas also much greater than the women who ate less animal protein.

And, keep in mind, all of the women from the UC San Francisco study ate a great deal of animal protein. They did not test women who ate only plant protein, or the results might have been even more fantastic.

They only looked at women with normal diets and found that those who got a larger proportion of their protein from plants had a lower incidence of bone fracture and bone loss.

The University of California at San Francisco's Department of Medicine had published an earlier study on people in 33 countries that found that having a high ratio of vegetable to animal protein helped bone fractures to decrease and almost disappear completely.

So, it seems that drinking milk not only does not do a body good, but it seemingly does quite a bit of harm too. Protein from animal products in general is not good for our body.

I know this goes so far against what we have all been taught for years, but at some point we need to start believing research and not just what the dairy companies are telling us.

Do your body good and eat foods that are rich in calcium and do not steal the calcium from your bones. Green, leafy vegetables, beans, and many other fruits and vegetables are full of the healthy nutrient.

The 7 Secrets To Knowing Your Higher Self

2011-02-12T07:00:00.000+08:00

...just sharing...

The 7 Secrets To Knowing Your Higher Self

Asoka Selvarajah
aksworld.com

Each of us is connected with the Divine. The Higher Self within us far transcends the understanding of our conscious minds. This is the power that all the great geniuses and teachers of history have accessed. It is also the place of magic and miracle in our lives. Here are the seven key steps to contact it:

1. Belief & Expectation: Transform Your World View!

The first step is to BELIEVE that you have a Higher Self to establish communication with! Then EXPECT every day that this communication will improve as you focus diligently on inner growth. Without these two essential pre-requisites, it is hard to achieve anything at all in life, even on the physical level. For inner growth, these two qualities are essential. So set a GOAL to achieve contact with the Higher Self, review that goal daily, and maintain your purpose with determination until success is yours.

We are brought up with a primarily materialistic world view that neglects the role of Spirit. To establish close contact with spiritual realms, we need to have our entire being - conscious and subconscious - congruent with our goal. In any major activity/goal, you have to establish the rules of the game and the way it is played. Contacting your Higher Self is the same. Therefore, seek out writings and teachers that expand your understanding of the universe as fundamentally being a realm of Consciousness and Mind.

2. Solitude & Meditation

Make regular time for yourself where you can be totally alone. A quiet place is preferable. Just sit quietly with no expectations. Do NOTHING. This may feel very uncomfortable and strange in the beginning. Persist. You give time and space for the inner voice to make itself heard. It will do so either during that quiet time, or else during the events of the day. A synchronistic event will occur; someone will tell you exactly what you need to hear; you will get a sudden flash of insight. All the great geniuses of history have found times of regular solitude and silence for themselves. You should too.

In meditation, you work to discipline your mind and silence the internal chatter that constantly fill it. You create a pure vessel for the Higher Self to fill. Following your breath is an excellent meditation discipline, as is concentrating upon a candle flame. Or visualize a golden ball of light in your Solar Plexus that fills your whole body with energy and healing. There are many practices that you can study and use.

3. Journal

Record your feelings, emotions, dreams and insights every day in a journal. This will help you to come into closer contact with your inner intuitive depths. You can ask the Higher Self questions here, and then later on record whatever insights/........answers you receive. If you do this regularly with belief and expectation, you WILL receive the answers you need.

4. Inner Dialogue

Conduct a regular inner dialogue with your Higher Self. For the next 40 days, decide to keep in contact throughout the day. Say to your Higher Self, "I know you are there and I want to get to know you and pay attention to you. Please begin to speak to me and guide my life." Don't worry if this dialogue is entirely one-way to begin with. Remember that you have been out of touch for decades. It takes a while to clear the cobwebs! Persist with this inner dialogue as if talking to a friend - chatting, asking questions, sharing your hopes - and begin to listen for answers. They will come.

5. Life Lessons

Look upon life as a Mystery School . Believe that the whole of your life - events, situations and people - has been structured PRECISELY in order to teach you exactly what you need to know right now. Approach life as if the whole of creation is conspiring to do you good! Whenever something happens in your life, for good or ill, ask yourself what the lesson is for you. Even unpleasant people/situations have been deliberately placed there as a challenge to help you grow. As you begin to view life as a drama in which you are play the starring role, the role of the Higher Self will become increasingly evident in your life. Record your findings in your journal.

6. Dreams

Expect your Higher Self to speak to you in dreams. Before going to sleep, do some stretching and bending to relax your body completely. Ask your Higher Self a question and expect an answer. When you wake up, recall whatever you can of your dream and write it down in your journal. If you are not used to remembering dreams, this will take time and persistence. However, with patience, you will begin to recall your dreams AND receive answers from your Higher Self.

7. Mindfulness

Focus upon living more and more in the present, on the NOW. When you are eating, be aware that you are eating. When you walk, know that you are walking. The only real moment is now - the past is gone forever and the future has yet to be. Therefore, work to clear your mind of concerns, illusions and extrapolations......... Clear the mental clutter from the mind and create space for the Higher Self to fill.

Patience Is The Catalyst To Progress!

Remember, you may have spent your entire life out of touch with Source. Therefore, it takes time to learn how to re-establish contact. Anything worth doing takes time and practice. Be vigilant and practice these seven steps every day, and you will receive the answers you need. Remember: The Higher Self WANTS to be in contact. In fact, to even speak of it as someone apart from you is contradictory.

The Higher Self IS you! The real you. So get in touch with YOU!

Cucumber, the wonder fruit!

2011-02-11T07:00:00.003+08:00

mmmnnnn, maraming gamit pala ang pipino!

This information was in The New York Times several weeks ago as part of their "Spotlight on the Home" series that highlighted creative and fanciful ways to solve common problems.

1. Cucumbers contain most of the vitamins you need every day, just one cucumber contains Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Zinc.

2. Feeling tired in the afternoon, put down the caffeinated soda and pick up a cucumber. Cucumbers are a good source of B Vitamins and Carbohydrates that can provide that quick pick-me-up that can last for hours.

3. Tired of your bathroom mirror fogging up after a shower? Try rubbing a cucumber slice along the mirror, it will eliminate the fog and provide a soothing, spa-like fragrance..

4. Are grubs and slugs ruining your planting beds? Place a few slices in a small pie tin and your garden will be free of pests all season long. The chemicals in the cucumber react with the aluminum to give off a scent undetectable to humans but drive garden pests crazy and make them flee the area.

5. Looking for a fast and easy way to remove cellulite before going out or to the pool? Try rubbing a slice or two of cucumbers along your problem area for a few minutes, the phytochemicals in the cucumber cause the collagen in your skin to tighten, firming up the outer layer and reducing the visibility of cellulite. Works great on wrinkles too!!!

6. Want to avoid a hangover or terrible headache? Eat a few cucumber slices before going to bed and wake up refreshed and headache free. Cucumbers contain enough sugar, B vitamins and electrolytes to replenish essential nutrients the body lost, keeping everything in equilibrium, avoiding both a hangover and headache!!

7. Looking to fight off that afternoon or evening snacking binge? Cucumbers have been used for centuries and often used by European trappers, traders and explores for quick meals to thwart off starvation.

8. Have an important meeting or job interview and you realize that you don't have enough time to polish your shoes? Rub a freshly cut cucumber over the shoe, its chemicals will provide a quick and durable shine that not only looks great but also repels water.

9. Out of WD 40 and need to fix a squeaky hinge? Take a cucumber slice and rub it along the problematic hinge, and voila, the squeak is gone!

10. Stressed out and don't have time for massage, facial or visit to the spa? Cut up an entire cucumber and place it in a boiling pot of water, the chemicals and nutrients from the cucumber with react with the boiling water and be released in the steam, creating a soothing, relaxing aroma that has been shown the reduce stress in new mothers and college students during final exams.

11. Just finish a business lunch and realize you don't have gum or mints? Take a slice of cucumber and press it to the roof of your mouth with your tongue for 30 seconds to eliminate bad breath, the phytochemcials will kill the bacteria in your mouth responsible for causing bad breath.

12. Looking for a 'green' way to clean your faucets, sinks or stainless steel? Take a slice of cucumber and rub it on the surface you want to clean, not only will it remove years of tarnish and bring back the shine, but is won't leave streaks and won't harm you fingers or fingernails while you clean.

13. Using a pen and made a mistake? Take the outside of the cucumber and slowly use it to erase the pen writing, also works great on crayons and markers that the kids have used to decorate the walls!!

Pass this along to everybody you know who is looking for better and safer ways to solve life's everyday problems….

A new measure of intelligence: Big-picture thinking trumps narrow-minded expertise

2011-02-09T07:00:00.001+08:00

Natanggap ko galing sa kaibigan ko,tama lang na i-share ko lang sa inyo....

A new measure of intelligence: Big-picture thinking trumps narrow-minded expertise

Friday, January 14, 2011
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
Editor of NaturalNews.com

Observing the various realms of science, medicine, experts and world events, I've come to the conclusion that our modern definition of "intelligence" (IQ) is seriously lacking. The label of "high IQ" is typically assigned to those who are experts in narrowly-defined fields such as disease pathology, pharmacology, particle physics, mathematics or other so-called "hard science" areas. And yet, it's not uncommon to see a high-level mathematics professor with an IQ of 175 chowing down on a processed hamburger laced with toxic chemical additives, while wearing clothes washed in carcinogenic mainstream laundry detergent.

The professor may be brilliant in mathematics, in other words, but he's unknowingly bathing his entire body in cancer-causing chemicals at the same time.

Not too bright.

Similarly, a typical conventional doctor thinks he knows about health, but he buys breakfast cereals made with genetically modified corn and doesn't even know that GMOs are bad for your health. A quantum physics professor wears antiperspirant deodorant and cologne products that contain powerful cancer-causing chemicals that are absorbed right through the skin. A pharmacist who is an expert in the world of drugs and synthetic chemicals has no clue that the common mineral zinc is crucial for proper immune function.

Highly-intelligent architects for some reason don't question the collapse of the WTC 7 building on 9/11 even though the official explanation of the collapse violates the laws of physics (a subject in which architects are well-versed). Chemists don't consider the chemistry of the toxic shampoos they put on their hair every day. Nor do many scientists think realistically about the toxicity of mercury fillings or the fluorosilicic acid ("fluoride") dumped into the public water supply. I could go on...

The point of all this is that there exists a huge gap in practical intelligence among the so-called "smartest" people in our society. I've spoken with countless doctors and conventional health care providers who are brilliant in their own fields and yet don't even know the basics of nutrition. So how can it be that a guy is so smart he can be the world's best brain surgeon, but when he goes home at night, he bathes his own brain and body in a sea of toxic chemicals consumed as additives in his processed food dinner?

Most people can't assimilate the big picture

What's lacking in these so-called "smart" people is the ability to see the bigger picture by assimilating information from a large number of seemingly unrelated sources. Or, stated in another way, even some of the most high-IQ people around can't see the big picture because they get lost in the details.

Your typical oncologist, for example, almost certainly can't hold an intelligent conversation about nutritional therapies to support immune function because he only thinks of antioxidants as "interfering" with the toxicity of his cancer poisons. Likewise, a typical virologist persistently looks at viruses as the cause of disease but forgets that viruses are opportunists which can only propagate when the terrain is sufficiently vulnerable. Thus, the best defense against invading microorganism is to change the terrain (the person being infected) rather than to try to rid the immediate area of all viruses.

Memorization is not intelligence

See, the very concept of "intelligence" in our society is way off the mark. It isn't intelligent to be able to memorize and regurgitate a huge number of facts and figures, yet this is precisely the measure of academic aptitude assessed in modern educational systems -- especially in law school and medical school. To function as a crude human database of facts and figures is not very useful in an age where handheld computers and mobile computing devices can do the same thing.

But what computers and search engines can't accomplish -- something that is uniquely reserved for intelligent species -- is the ability to assimilate information into a larger picture. It is, in other words, the ability to "connect the dots" and see patterns and trends in what might seem like chaos to others.

My favorite physicist Richard Feynman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richar...) was an especially gifted pattern assimilator. He was able to look far beyond the conventional boundaries of particle physics and grasp many of the non-intuitive interconnections between matter, energy and the nature of reality itself.

On a more practical level, people like Gerald Celente and even Alex Jones are also phenomenally gifted pattern assimilators. It's not that they are ridiculously good at remembering a lot of facts and figures in one very narrow area of science or knowledge; rather it's the fact that these types of people are able to see patterns in world events and thereby interact with the world around them at a far higher level of understanding than most other people.

Whereas a typical journalist sees a headline that says, "GMO restrictions called unscientific" and thinks it's merely a story about how un-educated GMO opponents are, a more intelligent "pattern assimilator" person sees the same headline and understands the far deeper meaning it holds: That the GMO propaganda campaign is being framed in the language of "science" as a way to label reasonable opponents of GMOs as being somehow uneducated or stupid. But behind the fake science curtain, it's really just gimmicky marketing and a profit-driven agenda.

The pattern behind all that, of course, is the agenda to control the world's food supply and, soon thereafter, charge monopoly prices for seeds (TM) that farmers used to be able to save for free.

A few people are able to see the story behind the story. These people are the "meta-analyzers" of the world around them. They have what I call a "wide angle view" (a big picture view) where they can bring in observational data from a very large data set of observable events in order to infer greater understanding of the world around them.

Here are just a few of the many pattern assimilators who are better known:

Gerald Celente can see the big picture of world finance. He sees the signs of the slipping value of the dollar, the leveraged debt of world banks, the actions of the Fed, the Wall Street bailouts, the news propaganda from the financial sector, and so on -- and from all that, he correctly infers that a global debt bubble is approaching catastrophic collapse.

Many of his colleagues, on the other hand, even though they may achieve high scores on an IQ test, are scribbling away with their noses buried in the arcane mathematics of derivatives calculations, and they miss the big picture because their minds are too narrowly focused on a tiny slice of what's really happening. When the big financial collapse comes, they will be caught with their pants down, holding their pencils in their hands.

Author John Perkins is also another big-picture genius, in his own way, for being able to see the patterns of government actions on a global scaled. He's the author of the popular book "Economic Hit Men" (and also "Hoodwinked"), and he sees patterns in the world that nearly everyone else misses. You can see my interview with Perkins, by the way, at: http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=83B1A...

On the nutrition front, Dr Richard Kunin is one of the most remarkable pattern assimilators you'll ever find. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richar...) Here's a genius the world has largely overlooked.

Alex Jones is one of the more astonishing assemblers of patterns out of chaos. His ability to see the underlying patterns behind world events is truly amazing, and whether you agree with his conclusions or not, his mind is able to amass an extraordinarily large amount of data from many sectors (health freedom, police state actions, legislative efforts and so on) and then identify patterns that most other people would miss. You can find Alex on www.PrisonPlanet.com

Seeing the bigger picture doesn't make you any more popular.

This list is by no means exhaustive. There are many genius-level pattern assimilators in our world. They are rarely recognized for their talents, however. If anything, those who "get" the big picture are often derided or criticized for doing so. Connecting too many dots, it seems, is dangerous for your reputation. Those who have the most success in the sciences (in particular), are the ones who keep their heads down and focus on their own tiny little corner of study without asking any of the really big questions like, "Hey, where did this grant money really come from?"

I consider myself something of a pattern assimilator, as I see patterns from one area of knowledge often reflected in another. For example, if our global economy is like a world body, what would fit the definition of a cancer tumor engaged in angiogenesis? The answers is corporations, because corporations hijack their own supply of resources (much like cancer tumors build a new blood supply), then grow to a large and dangerous size at which point they begin to replicate and set up branch offices all over the world where the tumor cycle is repeated. And just like cancer tumors, corporations ultimately threaten the lives of their hosts.

As an avid reader and student of human history, psychology and even quantum mechanics, I feel competent to discuss the history of philosophy as much as, say, the modern-day repeating of patterns of tyranny from World War II.

The most promising and fascinating area of human discovery about to be achieved, in my opinion, relates to the superposition of quantum physics and human consciousness. This will result in a paradigm-shattering shift in understanding the nature of our reality, with ripple effects that resound throughout our modern world. Once Earth's people come to realize, for example, that matter is consciousness (and that all consciousness is connected), the implications will require profound rethinking of things such as compassion for animals, religious beliefs and self identity. This is the really exciting stuff that's headed our way.

But we'll never get to a higher understanding of consciousness if we remain "experts" limited to our tiny alcoves of knowledge. To really function as intelligent members of a race that has been advertised as "advanced," we must expand not just the depth of our knowledge but the breadth of our understanding.

And that, of course, means understanding the interconnectedness of our being-ness. It is the interconnectedness that really matters, quite literally (ahem).

Let us hope that more members of the human species can learn to recognize the interconnectedness among not just people, plants and animals, but at another level the interconnectedness of mind, matter and energy, too. To gain understanding of this interconnectedness is -- to paraphrase quite a number of scientists and philosophers from human history -- to become closer to God. He who can see all interconnectedness in life and the cosmos is, of course, God Himself.

To see and recognize the patterns in the reality we apparently inhabit is, in my view, the most important next step necessary for the advancement of human intelligence. Importantly, this advancement cannot come from the sciences alone. It must involve a so-called "quantum leap" in consciousness.

About the author: Mike Adams is a consumer health advocate and award-winning journalist with a passion for teaching people how to improve their health He is a prolific writer and has published thousands of articles, interviews, reports and consumer guides, impacting the lives of millions of readers around the world who are experiencing phenomenal health benefits from reading his articles. Adams is an honest, independent journalist and accepts no money or commissions on the third-party products he writes about or the companies he promotes. In mid 2010, Adams produced NaturalNews.TV, a natural health video sharing website offering user-generated videos on nutrition, green living, fitness and more. He also launched an online retailer of environmentally-friendly products (BetterLifeGoods.com) and uses a portion of its profits to help fund non-profit endeavors. He's also the founder and CEO of a well known email mail merge software developer whose software, 'Email Marketing Director,' currently runs the NaturalNews email subscriptions. Adams also serves as the executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a non-profit consumer protection group, and regularly pursues cycling, nature photography, Capoeira and Pilates. He's also author a large number of health books offered by Truth Publishing and is the creator of numerous reference website including NaturalPedia.com and the free downloadable Honest Food Guide. His websites also include the free reference sites HerbReference.com and HealingFoodReference.com. Adams believes in free speech, free access to nutritional supplements and the innate healing ability of the human body.

Death of Spider-man Signing

2011-02-07T07:00:00.002+08:00

Si Leinil Francis Yu, may signing, punta na!:D

...paki-click na lang po ang poster para sa detalye

Car Wash Art

2011-02-06T07:00:00.000+08:00

Natanggap ko ito mula sa kaibigan ko....GALENG NAMAN!

Ultimo ako napahanga eh!

Car cleaning brought to the highest art.. Clean your car, slowly, bit by bit.. take your time....

(a) WASH ME?...... or
(b) Do a pretty drawing?

This is SCOTT WADE. Check out what he does with the dirty cars by carefully and artfully removing portions of the dirt. According to his website, he lives real close to a dirt road in San Marcos, Texas....

...the canvas...

...gambling dogs...

...Monalisa on a starry, starry night...

...a Japanese fan...

...help me...

...the process...

...A-OKAY!

Ancient Understanding of the Heart Field Gregg Braden

2011-02-05T06:18:00.004+08:00

Hmmnnn, eto na ba ang sagot sa mga problema natin ngayon?

Climate change? Corrupted values? Etc.?

KIONG HEE HUAT CHAI sa Chinatown!

2011-02-04T11:16:00.005+08:00

Whoah, sa wakas, naka-attend din ako ng CHINESE NEW YEAR!

Ilang taon ko ng binabalak, kaso parating ‘di natutuloy. Parating may dahilan – kesyo, walang pamasahe, busy, o busy din ang mga kasama, pero kahapon, pinilit kong matuloy at ito na nga!

May nag-invite kasing kaibigan ko na mag-dinner sa Chinatown sa New Year mismo so, sabi ko sa sarili ko, pagkakataon ko na ito na makakita kung paano sila mag-celebrate, at ‘yun na nga!

Since gabi pa naman ang affair ko, pumunta ako ng may araw pa at sinubukang maglibot sa Chinatown. Gusto ko kasing makakita ng live na dragon dance at hindi naman ako nabigo.

Grabeh sa sobrang dami ng tao! Hindi mahulugang karayom!

At grabeh din ang mabibili mo well, kung marami kang pambili, okay na okay ka rito.

Noon lang ako nakakita ang dragon dancing…mahirap nga! Sabi kasi ng kaibigan kong tsinoy, mahirap daw talaga ‘yun – kahapon lang ako nagka-idea kung bakit. Dati na raw siyang nagsayaw ng ganito kaya alam nya kung bakit. Dalawang tao ang kailangan para makapagsayaw. Isang may hawak sa ulo at isang may hawak sa buntot. Mas mahirap daw ang sa buntot kasi iaakma mo ang galaw mo sa galaw ng ulo.

Kaso, hindi masyadong makapagsayaw dahil siksikan ang mga tao. Nagkakagulo ang mga tao sa pagkuha ng litrato ng sumasayaw at busy rin sa pagpapakuha na kasama sila.

At kaya pala nagmamakahirap na gawin ang dragon dance ay dahil grabeh ang papremyo!

Kapag nagustuhan ng Chinese na may-ari ng tindahan ang mananayaw, iimbitahan nila na pumunta sa tindahan nila at sasayawan ‘yun. Swerte raw kasi ito. Tapos, maglalagay sila ng mga paputok sa harapan ng tindahan at sisindihan ito. Habang pumuputok, sinasabayan ito ng sayaw. Tapos maglalagay ang may-ari ng malaking halaga ng pera (as in malaki!) sa ampao (sobre nila), tapos isasabit nila sa harapan ng tindahan. Pagkatapos ng putukan, kukuhanin ito sa pamamagitan ng dragon dance. Kapag mas galante ang may-ari, pati mga nanonood may libreng pagkain din. ‘yung iba, siopao ang mga pinamigay, ‘yung iba oranges naman at ‘yung iba, nagsasabog ng mga kendi sa mga tao.

Sundan mo lang ‘yung mga nagsasayaw at tiyak na mabubusog ka sa mga libreng pagkain.

Ang hirap ding kumain sa mga restaurant dahil halos punuan din. At ang nakakatuwang tingnan, halos bumabaha ng tikoy sa daan! Maglalaway ka talaga sa tikoy! Kahit saan ka pumunta eh may nakabalandrang tikoy!

Nilakad ko ang kahabaan ng main street ng Chinatown, kuha ng litrato dito, kuha ng litrato doon. Natapos lang ako ng makarating na ng Binondo Church, sobrang dami na ng tao at pagod na rin ako kaya tumigil na ako. Tamang-tama rin lang sa pag-text ng kaibigan ko.

Eto ang mga kuha kong litrato.

…nakakabinging tunog ng tambol at batingaw! Hudyat na may malapit na dragon/tiger dance!

Dragon!

…papalapit na dragon…

…at papalapit pa…

…papalapit pa…pagod na nga si manong eh!

…close-up naman diyan!

Maliliit na dragon naman...eto 'yung dragon dance talaga!

…at sayaw pa!

…paghahanda sa pagsalubong sa mga swerte na dragon…as in, SAWAAAAAAHHHHH!

…sayaw…

…sayaw…

…at sayaw pa sa kalagitnaan ng mga paputok!

...eto natira pagkatapos ng putukan!

…at may namimigay rin sila ng libreng pagkain..naubos na ‘yung mga siopao eh!

Eto naman ang mga abubot tyangge!

…mga namimili…

…daming abubots…

…at talagang ABUBOTS!

Eto naman 'yung tikoy…

…at tikoy pa!

eto naman 'yung sambahan o shrine nila…

at close-up ng shrine…daming tao talaga!

Grabeng karanasan, nakakapagod pero sulit!

Sa susunod na Chinese New Year uli, KIONG HEE HUAT CHAI!

KIONG HEE HUAT CHAI!

2011-02-03T06:42:00.002+08:00

JUANA CHANGE - PORSCHE

2011-02-02T07:00:00.003+08:00

May BAGO naaaaaaaahhhhhhh!

Napanood ko ito sa UPLB n'ung umattend ako sa isa sa mga presentation nya at sabi nya d'un kapag nagustuhan namin, ipanood daw sa iba...SURENESS!:D

At eto na nga po...

haaaay, PORCHE nga naman!

Kamukha ko ba si Manix?

2011-02-01T07:57:00.005+08:00

Wehehehe, talaga lang ha?

Unang sabak sa sa isa sa mga komiks event ng taon!

Hindi ko nga alam na naroon sila, nagkataon lang na pagtawag ko sa kanila para imbitahan sila sa isang event, nabanggit sa akin na pupunta sila sa UPLB, kaya sabi ko na lang puntahan ko na lang sila d'un at malapit naman.

Ang sila ay ang mag-amang Jess at Manix Abrera.

Pagdating ko sa UPLB, hanap kaagad si Manix, nakita naman at pinakilala nya ang mga kasama nya: ang kanyang fiance at ang kanyang tatay. Siyempre, starstruck na naman ako, pero nadals ko sarili ko this time, hehehe....

Tapos, dumating ang host/usherette at may dumating na iba pang bisita, si Mae Paner o Juana Change, at pinakilala si Manix. Eh, magkatabi kasi kami at nag-uusap, nang iaabot ang kamay, AKO ang inabutan at hawakan, akala, ako si Manix! Wehehehe...Rak en Rol!

'di namin maitagong tumawa, kwela pa at dumating ang isa pang kaibigan si Enzo, kaya tawanan talaga, heheheh...'di naman na-offend si Mae, well, sana....

Alam ko may kamukha akong iba pero si Manix? Isang MALAKING weeeeeh!

Kamukha ko ba talaga? JOKE!:D

...si Manix habang nagsasalita sa entablado, at una pang nambubuyo sa kanyang sumayaw ay tatay nyang si Jess Abrera!

Mabuti na lang, nagtalaga sila ng lugara para sa signing ni Manix dahil dinudumog talaga siya ng tao para magpapirma. Pagbaba nya pa lang ng stage dahil tapos na nag programa, nakapila na mga tao. Biro ko nga kay Manix, kapag tinanong ako akung sino kami, sasabihin ko, HAWI BOYS ni MANIX!

...at siyempre, 'di mawawala ang signing...as usual, pila-balde na naman siya...

...at talaga naman, parang fiesta eh!

Asteeg!

The Top Five Cancer-Causing Foods

2011-01-31T07:00:00.005+08:00

Mga pagkaing nakakadulot ng CANCER...damn, 'daming kinakain sa bahay!

1. Hot Dogs

Because they are high in nitrates, the Cancer Prevention Coalition advises that children eat no more than 12 hot dogs a month. If you can't live without hot dogs, buy those made without sodium nitrate.

2. Processed Meats and Bacon

Also high in the same sodium nitrates found in hot dogs, bacon, and other processed meats raise the risk of heart disease. The saturated fat in bacon also contributes to cancer.

3. Doughnuts

Doughnuts are cancer-causing double trouble. First, they are made with white flour, sugar, and hydrogenated oils, then fried at high temperatures. Doughnuts, may be the worst food you can possibly eat to raise your risk of cancer.

4. French Fries

Like doughnuts, French fries are made with hydrogenated oils and then fried at high temperatures. They also contain cancer-causing acryl amides which occur during the frying process. They should be called cancer fries, not French fries .

5. Chips, Crackers and Cookies

All are usually made with white flour and sugar. Even the ones whose labels claim to be free of trans-fats generally contain small amounts of trans-fats.

ZSAZSA ZATURNNAH ZE MUZIKAL…VACK WITH A VENGEANCE!

2011-01-29T07:32:00.004+08:00

AHHHHAAAAAAY!

JUICE KOOOOH!

NAGVAVALIK SIYAAAAAAA!

NAGVAVALIK ANG REYNA NG TANGHALANG MUSIKAL!

AY GRAVEH!

HUWAG PONG PALALAGPASIN TALAGA!

BAWAT EKSENA AY SULIT KAPAG NAPANOOD NYO ITO!

KAYA NOOD NAAAAAAAHHHH!

AY GRABEH, EXCITED NA GYUD KO!

AHHHHAAAAAAY!

...paki-click na lang po ang poster para sa detalye....:D