Chinese Monk

I was a Chinese monk. Many years ago, before this lifetime, I was a Chinese Buddhist monk. I saw myself in deep meditation as one. In the vision, I was doing walking meditation, which is a way to learn to be deeply aware even when we are in action. By the way: according to Anat Baniel…

What They Do Not Want You to Know About Fluoride

The fluoride that is put into our water system is a by product of the phosphate fertilizer industry – it is toxic waste, literally. Before there were environmental restrictions on industry, the toxins were released as gas into the air, causing widespread environmental damage to crops and livestock. In 1983, Weinstein said “Certainly, there has…

Trouble Getting Pregnant?

I have two cases at the moment that are most topical as there is in the news recently, an article where senior medical people ask for the capping of costs for IVF treatment. Whatever one thinks, and Nature appears to be ignored in this discussion, the creation of a child other than by natural means…

How I Became a Witness

I owe you going back to this drawing. It was made as a third interpretation of what was in that empty space, where the blue lines did not enter. Remember, I was not satisfied with the first drawing, but I went into it with words anyway. I felt a bit better when I did the…

Healing Dementia

My mother was an amazing woman. She was a conservationist, an environmentalist, a naturalist, and authority on foraging for wild foods. She didn’t have any letters after her name but she knew more than many who do. She was a compassionate person who nursed many a wild animal back to health. She died at the…

Why Do Anything If It is Not the Most Beautiful That We Can?

So it is time to talk about theory. It will help, I hope. I realize that some people who look at my articles don’t know what I am talking about. It has not been researched. They have never read about this approach in articles in professional journals. There are no numbers here and no statistics….

Holistic Approaches to Mental Illness and Finding Empowerment

There are so many contributing factors to how we feel, and how well we function, both emotionally and mentally– including the physical. Some of the top holistic practitioners are beginning to understand the intrinsic connection between the mind and the body– as being more than just a hokey crunchy metaphor. The vagus nerve makes a…