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Over the years I've come across all kinds of different channeled material from ET's, aliens to various spirits, archangels, warriors and ascended masters. There are many questions to be asked. What kind of channeling is it, who is the channel, what entity/being is coming through and what is it really saying? Most of the information transmitted through these sources seems to be rehashed New Age ideas with an oversimplified presentation of YCYOR (You Create Your Own Reality) concepts or the "Law of Attraction". Some channels have a large following with a similar devotion as to a guru, even taking audiences on cruise trips and many mediums are making quite a good living as a channel by telling people how to attract/manifest what they (think they) want. Other channels give also information about the world and the shift we're in, but keep it on a very superficial and vague level. However, there are some channeled sources that give profound insight into the deeper nature of our reality beyond the "mind candy" and faux spirituality inherent in the New Age "arena" these days.
There is a choice to be made very shortly, and it would be preferable if all of the people of this planet understand the choice that is to be made. It will be difficult for many of the people of this planet to understand what this choice is, because it is a choice that they have not considered. They have been much too involved in their daily activities and their confusion and their desires of a very trivial nature to be concerned with an understanding of the choice that they are very shortly to make. Whether they wish to or not, whether they understand it or not, regardless of any influence, each and every one of the people who dwell upon planet Earth will shortly make a choice. There will be no middle area. There will be those who choose to follow the path of love and light (knowledge) and those who choose otherwise.
This choice will not be made by saying, "I choose the path of love and light,"or "l do not choose it." The verbal choice will mean nothing. This choice will be measured by the individual's demonstration of his choice. This choice is measured by what we term the vibratory rate of the individual. It is necessary, if an individual is to join those who make the choice of love and understanding, for his rate of vibration to be above a certain minimal level.
At the time at which each of you incarnated, my friends, each of you was aware that certain lessons, hitherto unlearned, were to be the goals for achievement in this incarnation. If it seems to you that your entire incarnation within this illusion has been a series of difficulties of one particular type, then you are almost certainly aware in some manner of one of your lessons. As you can see, these lessons are not to be avoided. They are to be learned.
The ones familiar with the idea of Hyperdimensional Manipulation (As Above so Below) know that much falsehood can be transmitted through a human medium. Channels may not be even consciously aware that they can become an instrument for disinformation. The filter through which the information comes through can easily distort the message. Even if the source is truthful, the information still comes from a higher realm through various levels, dimensions or densities until it reaches our five-sensory world of speech and words. There is a natural filter and distortion that affects even the purest of channels. Words are very limiting to begin with and people have different meanings for different words. There is much mumbo jumbo and contradictions in some channeled information that can mean all and nothing. Just because someone channels "something" and it "sounds true" doesn't mean it's automatically true, nor is all channeled material corrupt or false. It's not black and white.
Michael Topper writes:
Any who've scanned more than one of these [channeled] sources in print, or compared notes with "live" sessions attended, are bound to notice (if minimally conscious) that, beneath the general agreement as to the existence of higher states and planes, of different orders of knowledge and action from those assumed in the context of strictly physical expression there is a welter of large and small divergences ranging from minor variations to an embarrassment of glaring contradictions.
Such confusion [..] results from the requirement of transmission along the spiritual hierarchy of inner plane beings through which such "information", formulated at the highest levels, must pass.
Consistent with what may be gathered from other source-channels, the various levels along which the orders of intelligence transmit the flow of data "downward" formulate the patterns of information according to the understanding of their particular plane. Tinctured already by that qualification, the information may receive its most noticeable distortion at the level of the channeler where, according to the variable of the given "linkage" there may be greater or lesser reliance on the personal memory-record, conceptual matrix or vocabulary of the channeling agent.
The resultant verbal product is, in any case, several dimensional steps removed from the originating Intention.
Add to this the recognition that all such knowledge emanates in its highest form from levels of creative intelligence that are basically nonverbal and that conduct all processes of knowing in abstract spiritual terms not directly translatable into concepts congenial to a physically-focused framework, and we seem to have on the surface a convenient explanation as to why Seth and Hilarion don't agree, why Ramtha and the "Christ" material of The New Teachings apparently quarrel on the shelves.
Many people who follow certain channels like a guru or "spiritual authority" don't seem to question what is being transmitted through these sources, justifying the truth of something because it "resonates" with them or makes them "feel good". While there is validity to the idea of "resonating" with a certain teaching or source, it can easily be misapplied if the "reading instrument", the Self, is not "tuned" correctly. Some fundamental Christians also "resonate" with the Bible in literal terms, believing the earth is only 5000 years old. "Feel good" messages are no proof of truth and can also be very emotional manipulative. Disinformation is always lies mixed with truth. Enough truth to use as a bait to get the seeker's attention and then put him/her on a false lead so to speak, keeping him asleep while he believes to awaken. In order to find the true resonance one needs to separate the false self (with its assumptions, conditioning, expectations, wishful thinking, buffers, emotional hooks and ego desires) from the true self which is grounded in Knowledge, connected to the small voice inside that can always separate a lie from truth, using intuition and critical thinking alike, even if the truth is not very "pleasant" and challenging to one's world view. In other words, honest self-work is needed in order to resonate with truth. Within and without.
As I wrote in my last blog:
The more we gain knowledge and understanding (not simply book-smart knowledge) and the more we become objective (with ourselves and the world) and raise awareness, the better we can SEE and act accordingly. This means carefully discerning truth from lies. There is truth to certain channeled material. However, one needs to understand how to read it and interpret it [for there is much distortion]. Looking at what we've found out about manipulation through hyperdimensional beings, it is obvious that a lot of channeled material these days is suspect to great deception from "higher sources". There are different levels and degrees of channels, depending on many factors.
The topic of channeled information needs to be examined very carefully. […]"Higher sources" may be able to contact us that way (when asked for and when it doesn't infringe free will and/or interferes with the learning process of the one(s) asking). However, who is coming through and what is the source really saying is the question. Channeled material should never be taken as fact and proof alone; however, it can serve as a "back up" for cross-reference with scientific study and research. There are some sources that actually encourage that approach and tell us that it is up to us to learn, discern and gain knowledge, hence becoming more aware and conscious, moving from subjectivity to more objectivity and consciously engaging in the process of evolution and awakening.
Out of all the channeled material I've come across I found three sources to be quite different form the rest yet very similar to each other, as if in a "league" on their own, giving deeper insights into objective reality as well as transmitting esoteric Knowledge that can be found in various ancient teachings. These are the Ra Material (Carla Rueckert, Don Elkins, James McCarty), "Bringers of the Dawn" (Barbara Marciniak) and the Cassiopaean Experiment (Laura Knight-Jadczyk and Quantum Future Group QFG). For the record, I'm referring to Laura Knight-Jadczyk's older work for reasons I agree with for the most part in this article by Tom Montalk.
All three sources are 6th density "soul groups", "Unified Thought Form Beings" or "us in the future" (Marciniak, Jadczyk). They are not Aliens, ET's as we think them to be or Individual spirits like what is coming through most channels. During this Time of Transition they assist the one's who have been calling (and are "wired" to receive the message) to assist in the process of awakening and anchoring a new frequency, helping us to increase awareness, knowledge and understanding so we can make free will choices based on truth, not lies/deception and therefore initiate conscious evolution in order to ascend/evolve to a higher state of being.
However, as mentioned before, not everything that comes through the "ether" is for our benefit. Some higher density beings are out to deceive us, manipulating humanity to build a prison out of free will (as explored in "UFO's, Aliens and the Question of Contact or the video HERE ), others are there to assist us but not to do the work for us or intervene. After all we are the ones who need to learn the lessons so we can grow and evolve. Whatever the "result" will be depends on the lessons learned or not. The "Shift" and Transformation we're in is an opportunity, not a guarantee. Some learn the lessons and "graduate", others need to redo the class/cycle. Ascension and Awakening doesn't happen just by itself. It requires conscious work and effort just as mirrored in the ancient esoteric traditions. There are collective and personal lessons different for each of us. All of it is a natural process and has/is/will happened/happening/happen over and over in this and other universes.
From the Cassiopaean sessions:
Q: (B) What is the purpose of this contact?
A: To help you to learn, thus gain knowledge, thus gain protection, thus progress.
Q: (B) What do the Cassiopaeans gain from this contact?
A: By helping you, we are moving toward fulfilling of our destiny of union with you and all else, thus completing the Grand cycle.
Q: (L) What creates this environment of limitation?
A: It is the grand illusion which is there for the purpose of learning.
Q: (L) And who put the illusion into place?
A: The Creator who is also the Created. Which is also you and us and all. As we have told you, we are you and vice versa. And so is everything else.
Q: (L) Is the key that it is all illusion?
A: Basically, yes. As we have told you before, if you will be patient just a moment, the universe is merely a school. And, a school is there for all to learn. That is why everything exists. There is no other reason. Now, if only you understood the true depth of that statement, you would begin to start to see, and experience for yourself, all the levels of density that it is possible to experience, all the dimensions that it is possible to experience, all awareness. When an individual understands that statement to its greatest possible depth, that individual becomes illumined. And, certainly you have heard of that. And, for one moment, which lasts for all eternity, that individual knows absolutely everything that there is to know.
Q: (L) So, you are saying that the path to illumination is knowledge and not love?
A: That is correct.
Q: (L) Is it also correct that emotion can be used to mislead, that is emotions that are twisted and generated strictly from the flesh or false programming?
A: Emotion that limits is an impediment to progress. Emotion is also necessary to make progress in 3rd density. It is natural. When you begin to separate limiting emotions based on assumptions from emotions that open one to unlimited possibilities, that means you are preparing for the next density.
Q: (L) What about Love?
A: What about it?
Q: (L) There are many teachings that are promulgated that Love is the key, the answer. They say that illumination and knowledge and whatnot can all be achieved through love.
A: The problem is not the term "love," the problem is the interpretation of the term. Those on third density have a tendency to confuse the issue horribly. After all, they confuse many things as love. When the actual definition of love as you know it is not correct either. It is not necessarily a feeling that one has that can also be interpreted as an emotion, but rather, as we have told you before, the essence of light which is knowledge is love, and this has been corrupted when it is said that love leads to illumination. Love is Light is Knowledge. Love makes no sense when common definitions are used as they are in your environment. To love you must know. And to know is to have light. And to have light is to love. And to have knowledge is to love.
How can information from "invisible" sources be proven in scientific terms? It can't, at least not with our current scientific tools and limited understanding of reality. But one can work with the information provided, using it as working hypotheses (not just accept it in blind belief) and research and follow the trail. This also includes thework to gain Self-Knowledge and understanding how we take in information that can be distorted through our filters of conditioned beliefs and wishful thinking stemming from "official culture", society, education, upbringing, media, religion, etc… .
Mathematical Physicist Arkadiusz Jadczyk writes about the Cassiopaean Experiment:
The name "Cassiopaea" was given by a consciously "channeled source" which Laura accessed in 1994 after two years of experimental work. The source identified itself by saying "we are you in the future." Modern physics does not provide us with practical means for this type of communication, and theories on this subject are not well developed; they are, in fact, inconclusive and controversial.
When interpreting "we are you in the future" in an oversimplified way, we are faced with causal paradoxes. On the other hand, from the theoretical papers published in physics journals we can learn that, with a proper and careful interpretation, and taking into account quantum uncertainties, communication into the past cannot be dismissed as impossible. Improbable perhaps is the right word, but there are many things that are improbable and yet happen.
The more improbable is a given phenomenon, the more information is carried by its occurrence, the more we can learn by its study.
That is why we did not dismiss the "we are you in the future" as impossible and therefore ignorable. Instead we decided to continue the "communications" as a form of a controlled experiment in "superluminal thought transfer" – even if it was clear that the term should be considered as a tentative indication of only one out several possible interpretations.
The information received from this experiment is presented in the context of broad ranging historical, scientific and other metaphysical material and offers the clues that have led to the world view and inferences presented by us in our numerous publications on this website and in print. Perhaps it is only our own "subconscious mind" that presents itself as a "source," but even if it is so, does that tell us more? Do we really know what "unconscious mind" is and of what is it capable?
We sometimes ask ourselves if the Cassiopaeans are who they say they are, because we do not take anything as unquestionable truth. We take everything with a grain of salt, even if we consider that there is a good chance that it is truth. We are constantly analyzing this material as well as a great quantity of other material that comes to our attention from numerous fields of science and mysticism. We find it to be quite extraordinary that the Cassiopaean Material is so closely aligned with the teachings of the great Sufi master, Ibn Al-'Arabi, with the Fourth Way Teachings of Gurdjieff, Castaneda, with the Esoteric Christianity of Boris Mouravieff, and even ancient Altaic Shamanism. In this sense, the Cassiopaean Experiment is truly a Fourth Way work.
I recommend reading Professors Jadczyk's full analysis HERE
A major part of the material of these sources consists of information about the deeper nature of our reality without shying away from sharing the darker side of it, for it is all part of creation that needs to be looked at and made conscious of for the purpose of raising awareness and consciousness. There is no yin without yang. Negative Forces (Service to Self- STS) manipulate free will and feed the receiver and seekers with information that can trigger "emotional hooks" based on what one "wants" to hear, targeting wishful thinking and self-importance. Positive higher forces (Service to Others – STO) respect free will and even withhold information if it conflicts with the learning process of the person asking the question.
Answers (in the RA material and C's transmissions) are concise, direct and don't contain world salad as it is found so often in New Age material. It seems the answers are directly related to the awareness/bias level of the person asking the question and/or the medium the information is coming through.
The mediums of these sources have gone through tremendous preparation and work to make contact with such higher density sources. It clearly shows that not everyone is able to have such high level contact if one has not the correct wiring or bandwidth so to speak. On the contrary, inexperienced channels without knowledge of the hyperdimensional jungle out there may come in contact with beings who have not their best interest in mind, although they pretend to be the "good guys".
Laura Knight-Jadczyk writes about her process in the "The Wave":
On a number of occasions, the Cassiopaeans have referred to two other sources of information as being of a more objective configuration and have suggested that we read them so as to save time in dealing with specific concepts. The two sources are Elkins, Rueckert and McCarty's The Ra Material and Barbara Marciniak's Bringers of the Dawn.
Yes, they have mentioned that other material is "connected" to The Wave, but with varying degrees of corruption and distortion imposed by the recipients' "wishful thinking" and "assumptions." Apparently, these two, mentioned here, have suffered the least from distortion – but it doesn't take long for the "negative forces" to act upon those who are "in tune." As the Cassiopaeans have said:
"Remember all channels and those of similar make-up are identified, tracked, and "dealt with."
In this respect, I think it is the long period of "training" I underwent in the areas of spirit release, depossession, exorcism, and identifying and dealing with STS/negative/demonic energies that may, initially present themselves as STO (service to others) sources that has helped to prevent this very same corrupting element that worms its way in and gives that slight "twist" that derails the most positive of channels. I studied for over 30 years before I began to "practice" anything. In the beginning, my practice consisted of prayer and meditation, the object being to "achieve Divine Insight" rather than to "experience" anything of a material manifestation. In 1985, when I was 33 years old, I began to meditate as an adjunct to my studies.
During this same time, there was a great deal of what could only be called psychokinetic activity. Many people saw this as a "sign" of "spiritual achievement." I didn't. To me, it was useless and distracting. My studies had shown me that most, if not all, such events were a result of "short circuited" kundalini forces; energies of the soul, entering via the basal chakra, diverted by the brain-stem into the environment. I was distressed that they were being "diverted" at this juncture, rather than flowing, as was proper, in the "Shepherd's Crook" configuration to the third eye.
It was then, only by following the path as it developed, that the channeling "experiment" commenced (bringing to an end the PK activity). And, even at this point, it was more an attempt to bring up to conscious awareness, and then merge, the conceptualizations and possible insights of the subconscious mind. We DID have the idea that it was a path to "contact" with truly "higher beings," but we felt that this could only be accomplished via this "merge of conscious with subconscious" and clearing away the detritus of contradiction between the two.
I guess it would be safe to say that, until I had studied for 40 years, I did not feel competent to attempt channeling. Many people, apparently, DO feel competent to do it with very little study – perhaps a weekend workshop or seminar at the local New Age Emporium – or because they have been "contacted" and "told" that it is their "destiny." […]
At the same time, I don't for a minute delude myself by thinking that we are immune to corruption. On the contrary, I am ALWAYS on the watch for information that is "off." I expect it, watch for it, and take all measures possible to prevent it on a continual basis. I am convinced that the instant this kind of vigilance is relaxed, you can pretty much say "goodbye" to objective channeling.
Nevertheless, Barbara Marciniak apparently "tuned in" and her first book, Bringers of the Dawn, contained a good percentage of objective material.
In the case of the Ra Material, this was also a "group effort" as is ours, with a somewhat scientific perspective. When analyzing their material, it seems that Don Elkins was the "contact" with Ra, and Carla, the "channel," was merely a sort of "conduit." Another way to describe it would be that Don was the tuner/receiver and Carla was the speaker. When Don died, Ra came no more.
Group channels such as the Cassiopaean experiment and the Ra Material have more accuracy and are not as easily distorted as individual channels. Barbara Marciniak's first channeled book "Bringers of the Dawn" seems to have more objective accuracy than her later material, which, although still insightful to a degree, seems to have lost some of the objectivity. Outside influences, public/financial pressure, ego, bias and psychic attack can distort any channeling quite easily. The Ra material also suffered a bit because of the bias of some of the group members towards the later years of the contact. The reluctance to deal with the more "negative" aspects of reality (UFO's and hyperdimensional control) seems to have resulted in the suicide of one of the group members. You cannot protect yourself of something you are not aware of. An analogy would be to cross a street blindly and then get hit by a car because one didn't know that there are vehicles going by. If you know what's "out there", you can "see" and act accordingly and not to be subject of attack or "accident". Awareness of all aspects of reality, the positive and negative "faces of god", for it is all one, are key in spiritual growth and evolution.
"If anything, the so-called "New Age" movement has been so heavily inculcated with the idea that one must not ever think about negative things, that they, above all other people, are most subject to its predations [of higher realms]. If you don't know about something, you cannot defend yourself against it. The consistent deflection from the truth of the state of so-called higher realms by masses of published material over the many years, suggests almost a program of disinformation. It was beginning to look as though there was something or someone "out there" who didn't want us to know something." – LKJ
A deeper insight into the Ra group gives LKJ HERE.
Many people who are followers of channeled material are not aware how they are being duped as they don't engage their critical thinking part, but merely go by what "feels" right to them. I mentioned the traps of this kind of "resonating" before which is essentially wishful thinking based on an emotional hook. Especially in this day and age, as more and more channeled material appears on the "scene", discernment and critical thinking is asked for more than ever. PopHistorian, a member of the Cassiopaean online forum , describes in a nutshell how Disinformation through channeled material works:
It is reasonable to accept the hypothesis that the world of channeled literature, especially since it has become so popular, is littered, dominated even, by material subtly designed to deceive the reader, limit his understanding, put him on a fruitless path, or even turn him unwittingly to the service of STS. Well intentioned channelers, unaware of from where their information comes, might be unconscious instruments in an effort to "fence in" some of the more aware members of society.
In recent years, with ever more aggressive STS (service to self) activity "heating up" all over the world, an explosion of channeling has emerged that parrots terminology and concepts introduced by Ra and The Cassiopaeans. Now, many channeled entities speak openly of machinations by "dark forces" that control Earth, an organized cabal of human oligarchs, etc., while making various references to densities, polarities, the law of free will, an "energy wave" headed for Earth, etc.
What techniques might be used to accomplish such a feat of deceit?
(1) Bait the seekers with broad strokes of truth that "resonate" with them, charm them, and establish a good feeling akin to trust.
(2) Reinforce the idea that readers are "special" for being able to recognize and understand these truths, subtly playing upon their egos.
(3) Having established trust and receptiveness, pepper the material with falsehoods that will be accepted along with the truths.
(4) Give ostensibly innocuous advice that actually serves to disempower.Basic example: (1) Your world is changing, heading for a time of great physical and spiritual upheaval. Your leaders are lying to you. (2) You who know the truth are humanity's saving grace and will be safe through the hard times to come. (3) The forces of good are prevailing against evil and soon your world will be transformed into a paradise. (4) Don't involve yourself in the conflict and turmoil, but simply pour out your love and light upon the world to heal it.
Another sign which shows that a channeled source can be deceptive or misleading is if the material/teaching only focuses on the self, giving some very oversimplified and distorted concepts of "Reality Creation", "Manifestation" or the "Law of Attraction" as the means for "spiritual growth" or "awakening". Some sources tell the seeker not to "worry" about the outside world (in fact ignore it) and simply work on raising one's "frequency" in order not to be affected by it or to attract what one likes to be/see/have. Many of these sources claim that this is achieved through matching ones emotional state with what one desires to be or have. While there is truth to the idea of raising one's "frequency" there is certainly more to the story. You can't raise your frequency of your whole being without raising your awareness and consciousness as it is all interrelated. So simply trying to "feel" better or "think" yourself better while shutting yourself off from anything "unpleasant" in the world or in yourself is not going to work and just produces a self-deceiving emotional state very much resembling wishful thinking, fantasy and denial. A "shift in consciousness" (essentially a raise in frequency) and "awakening" implies a higher state of awareness, which means to become more aware or it all, which implies again to see the world and oneself more objectively, without blinders on. This doesn't happen by itself but requires sincere effort and work to separate truth from lies, within and without. It is not a walk in the park but it is the work required during these times we're in.
"I do not know what you call 'cosmic consciousness. It is a vague and indefinite term; anyone can call anything he likes by it. In most cases what is called 'cosmic consciousness' is simply fantasy, associative daydreaming connected with intensified work of the emotional center. Sometimes it comes near to ecstasy but most often it is merely a subjective emotional experience on the level of dreams." – G. I. Gurdjieff
It is no coincidence that much of esoteric Knowledge has been "filtered out"/distorted and is hard to come by in today's Spiritual, Conscious and New Age Movements, especially in channeled material. Much of the new age "teachings" and channels essentially lure man more into "sleep"and STS frequency all the while he dreams to awaken. It pushes man more into subjectivity instead of promoting objectivity, the goal of esoteric work for the purpose of awakening. If once studies the channeled material of the aforementioned three sources (Ra, Cassioaean, Bringers of the Dawn) in more depth, one can see that they give insight into objective reality not found in most channeled information.
Suppression of Knowledge is the name of the game. There are traps and dead-ends on the path towards awakening and there are forces that do their best to keep humanity asleep. All of which the ancient teachings have talked and warned about, where even the "children of light" will be deceived by false teachings and false prophets.
In Gnostic psychology, the noetic science of the Mystery Schools, Archons are an alien force that intrudes subliminally upon the human mind and deviates our intelligence away from its proper and sane applications.
Working through telepathy and suggestion, the Archons attempt to deviate us from our proper course of evolution. Their most successful technique is to use religious ideology to insinuate their way of thinking.
- from Metahistory
"Their most successful technique is to use religious ideology to insinuate their way of thinking"? Now that is very interesting indeed. Puts the whole New Age world of "spiritual" teachings, channeled material as well as religion into a different light, doesn't it?
"If any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets and shall show great prodigies and miracles; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall seduce the very elect."
In the esoteric field we can gain nothing pure or true and thus nothing beautiful without making efforts whose sum and importance are equivalent to the result to which the worker aspires. Conversely, the value of the results we obtain for ourselves is always equivalent, quantitatively and qualitatively, to the measure of the services rendered on the esoteric level.We emphasize: pure and true and thus permanent.
It is possible to obtain so-called esoteric results that are impure, but they are false and thus transitory. Here we refer to the vast realm of occultism [such as manipulating reality for one's own gain], where the children of this century, more capable than the children of light, seek to apply their abilities beyond the visible world. This occurs in what we call 'mysticism of phenomena'.
If the seeker starts with a negative approach and a feeling of inferiority and dissatisfaction-approaching the esoteric domain driven by the desire to find in it personal and thus impure satisfaction for himself [we can see much "channeled" and New Age material that focuses on "fulfilling desire", essentially feeding Narcissism and Ego Consciousness masquerading as "Spirituality"], he will not be able to advance very far along this way. If he persists, he will meet with failure. The error of conception made at the start will imperceptibly lead him towards this 'mysticism of phenomena.'– from Gnosis II by Boris Mouravieff
The danger of an incomplete teaching, regardless of the "good intent" behind it is also something Henry See warns about in his article "Spiritual Predator: Prem Rawat AKA Maharaji":
"The goal of any esoteric work must be that of objectivity, first in our understanding of ourselves, and then, as our filters and programs are dislodged, of the world. A true esoteric teaching will, therefore, not only focus on "Know Thyself", but will also provide knowledge about the reality of our reality. If one or the other of these aspects are missing from a teaching, then you can be certain that it is incomplete, and an incomplete teaching, even if through ignorance of the teacher, even if unconscious, is dangerous."
The cornerstone of the Ra material, Cassiopaea sessions and Bringers of the Dawn is the Shift/Transformation this planet and humanity is in. We're now at the end of a big cycle where mind/body/spirit complexes (Ra) of 3rd density (humans) have the opportunity to "graduate" or "evolve" to 4th density STO (Service To Others) orientation. This doesn't happen by itself or by simply focusing on "love" and a "positive attitude". According to these sources deeper work is required (resembling in many ways the esoteric work of the mystery schools) to move on to the next level so to speak and activate the higher centers ("DNA Activation") with emphasis on gaining Knowledge and separating truth from lies, disinformation from facts.
This Time of Transition is also talked about in ancient teachings and relates to the "popular" date of 2012 and the end of the Mayan Calender. However, much of this information that is out there relating to the "Shift" is distorted, corrupted or misunderstood and we can see how "2012" has become a marketing bit for many New Age authors and the movie industry in a very superficial way. In many ways the distortion and deception is done in purpose for there are forces that like to keep us in a "frequency prison" and STS orientation. Like mentioned before, certain channeled and New Age material actually focuses on the STS (Service to Self) frequency, keeping man preoccupied with oneself and his "desires".
Planet earth as it is now is of 3rd density STS orientation. 4th density STS entities try their best to manipulate our "free will" through frequency control which has been going on since "the Fall" from our original state (fully activated DNA), keeping us in a lower form of consciousness. It's simply food for them and sustains/nourishes them, like plant and animals (2nd density) serve us for food. Humans are not on top of the food chain.
Much more can be said about this channeled material. The interested reader is encouraged to study the mentioned sources to get a better understanding of the depth of the information transmitted. Here are some more excerpts from them reflecting the similarity of the material just in different words/style. This particular selection relates to the what has been examined in the blog "UFO's, Aliens and the Question of Contact".
From "Bringer of the Dawn":
The ultimate tyranny in a society is not control by martial law. It is control by the psychological manipulation of consciousness, through which reality is defined so that those who exist within it do not even realize that they are in prison. They do not even realize that there is something outside of where they exist. […]
You have been controlled like sheep in a pen by those who think they own you – from the government to the World Management Team to those in space. You have been deprived of knowledge by frequency control. […]
Frequency control limits the number of stations you can tune into. As members of the Family of Light, you must anchor new frequencies through static chaos and bring them into the physical realm. The range of accessibility on this planet to a variety of frequencies has been very minimal for a long time because of many things that you most desperately need to become aware of. As you learn about your own personal history and discover patterns of ineffectual behavior that you must break and change, the planet pulses through its own patterns of behavior. You are about to repeat history as a planet in a most dramatic way.
You have come to alter and remove the frequency of limitation and to bring in the frequency of information. When you are informed, you move beyond the need to be in fear. When you feel uninformed and out of control, you do not understand the bigger picture. Each of you came to awaken something inside yourself, inside the coding of your being-the DNA-and you are responding to it. […]
You and multitudes of others have begun the mutation process on the planet. As you mutate electromagnetically, you alter your frequency or the tune that you broadcast. You will eventually outgrow the frequency that holds you down and continually blasts you with chaos and confusion. […] This new frequency is called knowledge, light, and information. It is called being taken out of bondage. You are being taken out of disinformation and misinformation and you are becoming informed; you are coming into light.
As each of you has been assigned to become informed and to bring about a frequency alteration on this planet, you must learn to become Keepers of Frequency. You must rise to a certain place of knowledge and consistently stay there. You must become in command of your body so that you can will it into stillness or into activity. You must be able to go inside yourself and heal what needs to be healed emotionally and physically. You must begin to part the jungle of self and find the clearing so that you can show others the way. Sometimes you will show others the way not by speaking to them, but just by maintaining, living, and working on your own frequency and having the courage to do this.
As systems busters and potential Keepers of Frequency, you will obviously go into the areas where your specialties are most needed. Many of the beings who have incarnated as members of the Family of Light came to the United States because this is the land where you can make the most progress. This also happens to be a land where denial is pervasive. You believe that you live in the land of the free and the home of the brave, yet you live in the most controlled experimental society on the planet. The tyranny that has been set up here is rather interesting, because it is a tyranny without walls. As a country and a collective consciousness, the United States still has not reached an awareness that something is not right. The environment of the United States is actually much more controlled than that of the former Soviet Union, where the control was obvious. […]
Modern technology is one of the biggest weapons of frequency control. You have been sold devices for entertainment and convenience, and they are all involved with frequency control. We recommend strongly that you get rid of your television sets. They are the primary tool used to manipulate your consciousness on a day-to-day basis. This experiment is so finely tuned that you respond subliminally to disease via the television. So there is an entire generation that is killing itself by watching television-and supporting the medical society while they are doing it […] You may watch such a television show about how uplifted and unlimited you can be, while subliminally you are being hit with a frequency that keeps you from original thinking. This subliminal keeps you immobilized and holds you in a "survive, arrive, be-on-time, be-silent, go-to-work" society. Television also promotes inactivity and a sedentary, obese life. Look around you. Wake up, humans!We have said that there are entities who feed off your emotional bodies. Think about what a clever tool television is for them. All over the world, billions of humans are emitting emotional juices into the atmosphere based upon what they are watching on the tube.[…]
In Prime Creator's universe here, all things are allowed. Because all things are allowed, many lessons are learned. Part of the dichotomy or balancing in a free-will zone is the allowance of all things, even tyrannies. In this free-will zone, everyone is endowed with the potential to create their own reality. It is a free-will choice to create having someone else create reality for you.[…]
Consciousness feeds consciousness. It is hard for you to understand this concept because you feed yourself with food. The food for some beings is consciousness.[…]
Not everyone is going to make the shift. Everyone is not in the vibration that wants to work in harmony at this time. There are those on Earth who will feel as if they are in states of ecstasy when they find what they think is a new authority, a higher authority, a new paradigm… You are all learning about authority… That authority is coming back to Earth. There is a lesson in this for Earth.These beings, who are neither spiritually informed nor lean in spiritual ways, deny the existence of a spiritual force. They have developed scientific principles and technologies that scatter the laws of spirituality… It is possible to become a brilliant master of manipulating matter and reality without understanding spiritual connections. It is very important that you learn this… Just as you have cultivated very powerful individuals upon this planet who are not in touch with their feeling centers… there are those who exist in space who are extremely powerful… who have nothing to do with spirituality.
You must evolve yourselves and have your wits about you to ask for information because there is a divine law concerning interference. There are many who have broken that law and interfered with Earth. Your task is comprehension: to pull comprehension and understanding onto the planet, which will stabilize the energy and generate the power to create. Service is being an example. Have courage and speak your truth. Where is the rescue team? You are it.
From the Cassiopaean Sessions:
Q: (L) What was the Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil that was supposedly eaten by Eve and then offered to Adam?
A: Knowledge restriction. Encoding.
Q: (L) What did it mean when it said Eve ate of the Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. What act did she perform to do that?
A: Consorted with wrong side.
Q: (L) What does consorted mean?
A: Eve is symbolic of Female energy.
Q: (L) The female energy did what when it consorted?
A: Lost some knowledge and power.
Q: (L) What was it that the fruit symbolized?
A: Limitation.
Q: (L) I want you to know that this does not make a whole lot of sense.
A: Yes it does. Think carefully. Laura you are missing the obvious.
Q: (L) In what sense would eating the fruit be limiting?
A: Believing that one source contains all knowledge is contradicting reality. If the concept was the eating of the Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge provides all knowledge, then one is being deceived, because no one particular source can provide all knowledge. Therefore, when one believes in the deception, one has now trapped oneself within parameters of limitation. And, forevermore, the human race, will be poisoned by the very same problem which is reflected in several different ways: one is always seeking the truth through one pathway or religion, instead of seeking it through a myriad of pathways; and also believing in simplistic answers to very complex issues and questions.
Q: (L) What was the flaming sword barring re-entry to Eden?
A: Symbolizes trap.
Q: (L) Where was Eden?
A: Earth.
Q: (L) The entire earth was Eden?
A: Yes.
Q: (L) Was the "fall" in Eden, or the loss of the Edenic state, also accompanied by a cataclysm?
A: Yes.
Q: (L) What was the nature of that cataclysm?
A: Comets.
Q: (L) The cluster you have mentioned before?
A: Yes.
Q: (L) And, how long ago did this occur?
A: 309882 years ago.
Q: (L) What was the true identity of the serpent in Eden?
A: Lizards.
Q: (L) Was the loss of the Edenic state also accompanied by a takeover of mankind by the Lizzies?
A: Yes.[…]
Q: (L) [Has the government been engaged in faking UFOs, abductions, and cattle mutilations] to protect themselves from the public knowing that they were engaged in alien interactions?
A: They do it to protect the public from knowing that which would explode society if discovered.
Q: (L) What is this item that they were protecting so that society or the public wouldn't know about it. What activity is this?
A: Humans eat cattle, aliens eat you.
Q: (T) [You say] the government, our government, the U.S. government, is holding 36 alien craft of one kind or another that they have gotten in one way or another. How many other governments have craft?
A: All is one.
Q: (L) We already have a one-world government is what they're saying. (T) Yes, they're just waiting to make it official somehow.
A: Has been so for long time, as you measure time.
Q: (L) What is the "ultimate secret" being protected by the Consortium?
A: You are not in control of yourselves, you are an experiment.[…]
Q: (L) Do we have any protection?
A: Some.
Q: (L) How can we protect ourselves and our children?
A: Inform them. Don't hide the truth from children.
Q: (L) How does truth protect us?
A: Awareness protects. Ignorance endangers.
Q: (L) Why tell children such horrible things?
A: They need to know.
Q: (L) What is the purpose of this project?
A: New life here.
Q: (L) Are the aliens using our emotions and energies?
A: Correct; and bodies too. Each earth year 10 % more children are taken.
Q: (L) Do they suffer?
A: Some.
Q: (L) Do they all suffer?
A: Some. Bits of children's organs removed while they are wide awake. Kidneys first; then next feet; next jaw examined on table; tongues cut off; bones stress tested; pressure placed on heart muscle until it bursts.
Q: (L) Why are you telling us this awful stuff?
A: You must know what the consortium is doing. This is done mostly to Indian children.
Q: (L) Why are things like this being done?
A: There is a big effort on behalf of Orions and their human brethren to create a new race and control it as well as the rest of humanity.
Q: (L) What happens to the souls? Is this project physical only?
A: Physical and souls recycled.
Q: (L) Where do the souls go?
A: Back here for the most part.
Q: (L) Do some go elsewhere?
A: Some go to other planets.
Q: (L) Who is responsible for this project?
A: Consortium.
Q: (L) This is sick!
A: Sick is subjective.
Q: (L) But this whole thing is so awful.
A: We understand your feelings, but all does not conform to your perspective.
Q: (L) Why is this happening to earth?
A: Karma.
Q: (L) What kind of Karma could bring this?
A: Atlantis.
Q: (L) What did the Atlanteans do to bring this on us?
A: We cannot answer you at this time.
Q: (L) What can protect us?
A: Knowledge.[…]
"Life experiences reflect how one interacts with God. Those who are asleep are those of little faith in terms of their interaction with the creation. Some people think that the world exists for them to overcome or ignore or shut out. For those individuals, the worlds will cease. They will become exactly what they give to life. They will become merely a dream in the "past." People who pay strict attention to objective reality right and left, become the reality of the "Future." – Cassiopaeans
From the Ra material:
Questioner: What's the objective with respect to the conquest of the Orion group?
Ra: I am Ra. As we have said previously, their objective is to locate certain mind/body/spirit complexes which vibrate in resonance with their own vibrational complex, then to enslave the un-elite, as you may call those who are not of the Orion vibration.
Questioner: What do the crusaders do?
Ra: I am Ra. The crusaders move in their chariots to conquer planetary mind/body/spirit social complexes before they reach the stage of achieving social memory.
Questioner: Then we have crusaders from Orion coming to this planet for mind control purposes. How do they do this?
Ra: I am Ra. As all, they follow the Law of One observing free will. Contact is made with those who call. Those then upon the planetary sphere act much as do you to disseminate the attitudes and philosophy of their particular understanding of the Law of One which is service to self. These become the elite. Through these, the attempt begins to create a condition whereby the remainder of the planetary entities are enslaved by their free will. The purpose of the Orion group, as mentioned before, is conquest and enslavement. This is done by finding and establishing an elite and causing others to serve the elite through various devices such as the laws you mentioned and others given by this entity.Questioner: Can you name any names that may be known on the planet that are recipients of the crusaders' efforts?
Ra: I am Ra. I am desirous of being in non-violation of the free will distortion. To name those involved in the future of your space/time is to infringe; thus, we withhold this information. We request your contemplation of the fruits of the actions of those entities whom you may observe enjoying the distortion towards power. In this way you may discern for yourself this information. We shall not interfere with the, shall we say, planetary game. It is not central to the harvest.Questioner: How do the crusaders pass on their concepts to the individuals on Earth?
Ra: I am Ra. There are two main ways, just as there are two main ways of, shall we say, polarizing towards service to others. There are those mind/body/spirit complexes upon your plane who do exercises and perform disciplines in order to seek contact with sources of information and power leading to the opening of the gate to intelligent infinity. There are others whose vibratory complex is such that this gateway is opened and contact with total service to self with its primal distortion of manipulation of others is then afforded with little or no difficulty, no training, and no control.Questioner: What type of information is passed on from the crusaders to these people?
Ra: I am Ra. The Orion group passes on information concerning the Law of One with the orientation of service to self. The information can become technical just as some in the Confederation, in attempts to aid this planet in service to others, have provided what you would call technical information. The technology provided by this group is in the form of various means of control or manipulation of others to serve the self.Ra: The 4th density is a vibrational spectrum. Your time/space continuum has spiraled your solar system into this vibration. This will cause the planet itself to electromagnetically realign its vortices of reception of the in-streaming of cosmic forces expressing themselves as vibrational webs so that the Earth will be 4th density magnetized. This is going to occur with some inconvenience due to the energy of the thought-forms of your peoples which disturb the orderly constructs of energy patterns within your Earth's spirals of energy which increases entropy and unusable heat. This will cause your planet to have some ruptures in its outer garment while making it appropriately magnetized for 4th density. Those who remain in 4th density on Earth will be of positive orientation."
I caution the reader not to come to premature conclusions/assumptions without having read more of the presented material. There is way more than I mentioned here. The difference to popular channels today who focus on "Reality Creation", the "Great Secret" of the "Law of Attraction" or give an oversimplified view of humanity, spirituality and the world is self-evident. The ultimate "Secret" is perhaps something completely different, relating to what Don Juan Matus (Castaneda) called "The topic of all topics" or in the words of Dr. Jacques Vallee:"Human beings are under the control of a strange force that bends them in absurd ways, forcing them to play a role in a bizarre game of deception." The emphasis of these sources on gaining Knowledge and Understanding (the true meaning of Light) to increase Being and essentially Love to anchor a new frequency goes very much in line with ancient esoteric teachings which also warned of the deception in these times through false prophets, teachings and deceiving leaders, spiritual (New Age) and political. How exactly it all "goes down" (or up) we don't know. The future is not set in stone, because it is up to us and depends on the choices we make, the lessons we learn and the knowledge, understanding and awareness we gain. All there is are lessons.
Recommended reading:
– Bringers of the Dawn: Teachings from the Pleiadians by Barbara Marciniak
– The Wave Series (7 books) by Laura Knight-Jadczyk. The first three books are available to read for free online HERE. (there is more material in the books)
– The Law of One – The RA Material, James Allen McCarty, Don Elkins and Carla Rueckert
– In Search of the Miraculous by P.D. Ouspensky
– Gnosis I-III by Boris Mouravieff
– The Secret History of the World by Laura Knight-Jadczyk
– Channeling, UFOs and The Positive/Negative Realms Beyond This World by Michael Topper


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My personal favorite is to stay in either Parterre Place or Oak Manor at PO:R. These buildings are across the river from the main building, and there is a convenient bridge to get across. You can easily get to the bus stop in the front of the main building (which is the first stop at PO:R, handy during busy times), or go around the back of the building to get to the food court easily.
Building 14 in Alligator Bayou is the absolute closest to everything, but probably not as quiet. I've stayed in 27 and that was quiet and not too bad of a walk either along the river. 18 is between those two.
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Stanley Martin Lieber was born on December 28, 1922.
In his teens Lee began working for publisher Martin Goodman as a copyboy at Timely Comics. A text filler page for Captain America comics under the pen name Stan Lee was his first published comics work. He soon graduated from filler to writing actual comics, then became the youngest editor in the field at 17.
During World War II Lee enlisted in the US army, and served in the Signal Corps writing manuals, training films, slogans, and occasionally cartooning. His military classification was "playwright"; only nine men in the US Army were awarded the title.
Returning to his position at what would become Marvel Comics Lee produced titles in a number of genres.
In 1961 Lee and artist Jack Kirby produced the Fantastic Four. Its immediate popularity soon led to Lee producing a cavalcade of new titles such as Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, Daredevil, the X-Men, the Mighty Thor, Doctor Strange, and many others.
Lee scripted and edited most of the comics published by Marvel in the 1960s, moderated the letters pages, and wrote endless promotional copy. To maintain his taxing workload yet still meet deadlines he developed what is known as the Marvel-style of comic scripting. Aided by capable artists, Lee would first brainstorm or provide a brief synopsis of a story rather than a full script. Based on the synopsis, an artist would then flesh it out into the allotted number of pages. After the artist turned in penciled pages Lee would add dialogue and captions. In effect the artists were co-writers, whose first drafts Lee built upon.
The exact division of creative credits on Lee's comics is still disputed, especially those drawn by Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko. Some argue Lee hogged the credit for stories and characters while shortchanging the artists. Others doubt this, including Lee himself who has always effusively praised these artists; the illusion may stem from out-of-context quotations by journalists, plus Lee's bad memory and tendency to overpraise all co-workers equally.
Lee helped reinvent the genre of the superhero comic. He gave the superhero a flawed humanity. His heroes had bad tempers, melancholy fits, vanity, greed, etc. They bickered amongst themselves, worried about paying their bills and impressing girlfriends, and were often ill. Lee wrote characters readers related to rather than idealized.
By accident Lee reformed the Comics Code Authority. This came about when he was asked by the US Department of Health to write a comic about the dangers of drugs. Lee agreed and wrote a suitable Spider-Man story, slated to be published in Amazing Spider-Man #96. The CCA refused it because it depicted drug use. With publisher Martin Goodman's approval, Marvel published the comic without the CCA seal of approval. The comic sold well and Marvel won praise for having a social conscience. The CCA subsequently loosened the code to permit negative depictions of drugs.
In later years Lee became a figurehead and public face for Marvel Comics. He moved to California in 1981 to develop Marvel's TV and movie properties. He has been an executive producer for, and has made cameo appearances in, recent Marvel film adaptations.
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Breakfast Topic: Faction Pride {WoW}
Mar 15th 2008 1:01PM Fanryn said it best.
At least Amanda reconize that she's taking it too far, but some really can't grasp that and it's kind of sad to be honest. It's basically taking a game too far. You play the game with the opposite side just as much as you play it with your own side. Keep the hate out of it and just be proud of your side's accomplishments and leave the petty rivalry out of it.
It's kind of like someone chosing white side on chess and then hating the other player for chosing black.
"I rolled my class to PvP." {WoW}
Mar 15th 2008 11:55AM The critical strike chance thing was more of a comparison to show that not only Shadowpriests have suppered from general PvP changes.
All classes have had to become more defensive and focus on survival to be successful in PvP. That's what this part of the game has become.
Anyone that see an Enhancement Shaman in an Arena game says in Ventrilo "Go for the Shammy!", same thing with Shadowpriest. Even if the nerfs to Warlocks hit Shadowpriests in the nuts as well, that's the way the cookie crumbled. A Rogue that really loved his dagger Rogue in the past will get really disappointed if he tries it out today when he faces a ShS Rogue or a HARP Rogue in todays PvP gear.
All I'm saying is that to be successful in this game, you will have to adapt to changes and not get hung up on something too much. Fair game if you want to try and change Blizzard's mind about some changes, but don't rely on it. :)
"I rolled my class to PvP." {WoW}
Mar 14th 2008 10:24PM "Or should they accept that their age of PvP dominance was in the Battlegrounds and the pre-70 era, and resign themselves to speccing Discipline if they want to succeed in Arenas?"
Simple as that really. Same thing happens to all classes that were good at PvP with specs that relied heavily on crits. Feral Druids, Assassination Rogues, Fury Warriors, Enhancement Shamans.
All those specs within those classes should basically in my opinion accept the change in the game or do something else.
Harsh but I'm afraid it's the truth.
To comment or not to comment... {WoW}
Mar 14th 2008 11:54AM Gee, not working... how swell.
To comment or not to comment... {WoW}
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Best arena hunter in the world now banned? {WoW}
Mar 10th 2008 11:00AM Permanent forum bans are not connected to the player's ability to play in the game, as it's two different things.
I've myself been permanently banned on the forums for using explicit language. It's all how you use the language that matters, not the fact that you use it. In my case I pretty much just filled a post with the word "f-ck" and variations of it (i.e. "f-cking" and "f-ucked" and so on).
This made me get permanently banned, without any warnings or temporary bans before it - wham bam thank you m'am, and good night. So, that they banned him permanently doesn't surprise me if what you say is true and that he had a tendancy to type when drunk and posting vulgar thigs on the boards while in that state.
As to best player and all that. Like already mentioned... it's just too easy to exploit the Arena system right now, so I apologize toany good plyer out there with a high rated team, but high rating means diddly right now.


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Sat, Feb 27, 10 at 12:07
I have three communicating smoke detectors which I wish to replace and add on 8 more to protect more rooms. I notice that the circuit the three are on is also connected to a single three way stair light fixture. From what I've heard, smokes should be on their own circuit. No there's no easy way to take the light out of the circuit. Anyone know if this really is a problem to leave the light on the same circuit? |
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There is no problem with having the light on the same circuit. |
In fact it is probably better that the light is on the circuit- It will be noticed if the light does not work, and possibly be a tripped breaker. With only the smokes on the circuit, if the breaker trips, you may never know! |
- Posted by bus_driver (My Page) on Sat, Feb 27, 10 at 17:57
Many codes require the smoke detectors to be on a circuit with important lighting fixtures so that one would not turn off the circuit and leave it that way. Rather than the NEC, these codes are building or safety codes. |
With the smoke alarms required today you should know if the ac power is lost because the battery backup will beep to let you know if either the ac or battery power is lost it will beep. |
Right, but, say you're gone on vacation and the circuit goes out, beeping starts and wears out the batteries. You come home and the circuit is out and batteries are dead and you don't know it. |
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My neighbor had the most beautiful Cassia (Senna bicapsularis) and we were all looking forward to it's blooming this fall. It had about 5 3" trunks, was about 8' tall and appeared to be very healthy. It was windy here Friday and this tree was blown over and the trunks were broken off at the base. There were a lot of carpenter ants milling around the base after it happened.
We had a freeze a few years ago, this tree was killed to the ground and, as usual, came back from the base. I think the ants were devouring the old, dead stumps at the base. Do you think the ants just undermined the soil at the base of the tree causing it to fall? I didn't think carpenter ants attacked healthy trees and there was no indication that this one wasn't healthy. Or, do these trees typically have weak wood? Any ideas will be greatly appreciated. Thanks |
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- Posted by Wilmington_Islander 9A/Sunset 28 (My Page) on Mon, Aug 2, 04 at 8:54
Kind of both. They have weak wood and weak root systems....her best bet is to give it some "anchor" plants to prevent this from happening again. My Cassia came thru last winter unscathed ( year before went all the way down to the ground). It is about 10 feet tall and wide. I have mine planted in between two Indian Hawthornes for the very reason your friend is experiencing. |
Thanks, that is pretty much what I thought, This tree is history but thankfully they grow fast. Like yours, it had come back from the freeze the winter before last. The rapid growth rate is probably what makes the wood weak. Perhaps they should be cut back even after the mild winters. |
I wonder if you could suggest any other 'anchor plants' for surrounding the Cassia?? I would hate to lose mine... |
- Posted by Wilmington_Islander 9A/Sunset 28 (My Page) on Mon, Aug 9, 04 at 9:07
Dwarf azaleas would work fine if it isn't in full sun all day....you don't want the anchor plants getting too high and obstructing the cassia, IMHO. |
I think a burgundy lorpetulum is just the ticket for this. They don't get too tall and the color would be very complementary to the cassia when it is in bloom. I thought about knockout roses too. Since I have a couple of those and would have to buy the former, I bet the knockouts get first dibs at anchoring the cassia. |
- Posted by suzanne_2008 8b (My Page) on Wed, Jul 30, 08 at 20:54
I planted 3 cassia bicapsularis this spring from 1gal size and they are already over 6'x6', I'm not sure if they will survive my winter though(zone 8b). Should I cut them back in the winter? Also some leaves are turning yellow, and suggestions? |
- Posted by TheTradition 9b (My Page) on Fri, Apr 12, 13 at 19:07
I had a "scrambled egg tree" (Senna surattensis) at my old house in Boca Raton that went through Hurricane Wilma. It blew down to the ground and got thrashed all around, but as soon as the storm cleared I stood it up and provided support, and it's a beautiful tree today. The tree to the left is the one that survived the hurricane. The one on the right is a seedling from the tree on the left. |
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A handful of Cleveland municipal officials also attended the rare tour which gave the local group a unique glimpse at the heart of a nuclear reactor before it is secured from any future human footprint, filled with cooling water and fueled in preparation for going online.
TVA launched construction of Units 1 and 2 simultaneously in 1973. The pair remained on pace until about 1988 when the regional power producer shut down work on Unit 2, but continued work on Unit 1. Lessening power demand forced the TVA decision; subsequently, many parts and equipment planned for Unit 2 were instead used toward completion of Unit 1.
When construction was halted, Unit 2 was about 80 percent completed. When Unit 1 went online in 1996, it became the last commercial nuclear reactor in the U.S. to do so in the 20th century. When Unit 2 starts up — probably in late 2015 — it will become the first commercial facility to go online in this country in the 21st century.
The resumption of construction on Unit 2 — whose completion was originally projected to cost from $4 billion to $4.5 billion — was approved by the TVA board of directors on Aug. 1, 2007, and work resumed about 2 1/2 months later.
Mike Skaggs, senior vice president of nuclear construction for the Unit 2 project, told the 16-member Cleveland delegation the project cost is now trending toward $4 billion to $4.2 billion.
During the complex building project, TVA is focused on four factors: Safety, Quality, Cost and Schedule, Skaggs explained. He elaborated on all four during a pre-tour briefing. Safety — a collective term that includes the 4,200 on-site workers as well as ultimate nuclear plant performance — garnered most of his attention.
Of worker safety, it's in the numbers, he said. To date, TVA contractors, construction crews and employees have exceeded 27 million hours without a lost-time accident; that is, an incident leading to an injury that prevents the worker from returning to work the next day.
"... Management sets the expectation, but it's the workforce that carries it out," Skaggs stressed.
As important as worker safety is to TVA and to employee families, Skaggs acknowledged the public is always especially interested in the safety performance of a nuclear plant.
"We are making Watts Bar very safe," he assured his listeners. Earlier in his presentation, Skaggs conceded, "We play for keeps. Nuclear power is serious business."
As serious as the giant utility already was in operating its six existing nuclear reactors (at Browns Ferry, Sequoyah and Watts Bar), Skaggs suggested the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan on March 11, 2011, created a whole new set of standards in making nuclear power plants safe.
The Fukushima crisis resulted in a meltdown of three of the plant's six nuclear reactors. They were damaged by a powerful earthquake which triggered a tsunami and massive flooding, and this led to the escape of a substantial amount of radioactive materials. The Fukushima meltdown became the largest nuclear incident since Chernobyl and reportedly the second (after Chernobyl) to measure Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.
In America, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission responded with what Skaggs described in his briefing as the Fukushima Order which places a new set of even more stringent standards on existing nuclear plants and the construction of new ones.
The NRC directive means TVA is investing an additional $185 million in its Fukushima Order initiative; of this amount, $65 million is going toward the construction of a separate facility — called a flex building — which is resistant to earthquakes, floods and tornadoes. It houses a diesel generator that can pump water in to cool down the units in the event of an unplanned shutdown.
Part of TVA's Fukushima Order initiative also involves shoring up area dams and making other modifications to protect the nuclear plant from flooding, Skaggs explained.
"It's a waterproof, tornado-proof and seismic-proof building," Skaggs said of the new structure.
Such a facility — which is framed in a thick layer of concrete and rebar — is now required of all new nuclear power plants, he pointed out. And, existing plants also will be required to construct such a facility. Skaggs said the Watts Bar site has already been visited by many delegations representing other existing nuclear plants across America who are preparing for the construction of their own flex buildings.
Skaggs' detailed presentation to Cleveland visitors went far beyond Nuclear Power Plants 101; however, he hit on many highlights of the Watts Bar facility, and the new construction of Unit 2, that pointed to the mindset TVA is taking in order to start up the country's first new nuclear power plant in almost 20 years.
Among a few points were:
- Quality Control Inspection is performed on all construction work. Currently, TVA's quality acceptance rate hovers around 97 percent; this means about 3 percent of the completed work must be redone or altered in order to meet quality standards. Skaggs said TVA entered the Unit 2 completion project with a goal of about 95 percent acceptance. The industry standard is 92 percent, he noted.
- TVA has about 500,000 hours of construction craft work remaining before the launch of start-up operations; much of this is in the complex Control Room which Cleveland Utilities delegates visited during the 90-minute tour of the complex.
- Three years ago TVA had about 3.2 million man-hours of work remaining; the number has been trimmed dramatically since 2011, the construction leader explained.
- Once fully operational, Unit 2 will use about 990,000 gallons of water per minute in its cooling process; the water is taken from the Tennessee River where it is cleaned in an on-site treatment plant. Only treated water is used in the power plant process, he explained.
- Unit 2's nuclear reactor is surrounded by a concrete wall whose thickness is 2 1/2 feet. Another liner plate adds a second line of protection.
- Construction of Watts Bar's Unit 2 reactor is following a theme already required by NRC of the nuclear power industry; that is, the use of "... multiple, redundant safety systems," Skaggs cited.
- Lessons learned in the construction and startup of Unit 1 are being fully implemented in the resumption of work on Unit 2.
- Once operational, Unit 2 will produce 1,200 megawatts of carbon-free electricity which is enough energy for approximately 650,000 homes. Unit 2's power output will be about 40 megawatts more than Unit 1.
- Currently, the Watts Bar construction site employs about 4,200 people — 3,200 at Unit 2 and 1,000 at Unit 1. Once construction has been completed and Unit 2 is online, the entire Watts Bar complex will employ about 1,000 people; of this amount, 800 will be permanent power plant workers and 200 will be security officers.
- The current 4,200-strong workforce is commuting from five general areas: Knoxville, Chattanooga, Spring City, Athens and Bradley County. Skaggs estimated about 15 to 25 percent of the workforce comes from Cleveland and Bradley County.
- Unit 1's spent fuel is stored on-site in an above-ground facility that is earthquake proof.
- The life span of a nuclear plant is 40 years; however, a series of modifications, upgrades and inspections can qualify a nuclear power plant for continued NRC licensing for another 20 years, which means a total longevity of 60 years, Skaggs said. A provision to add another 20 years is currently being considered.
Although Skaggs led Tuesday's tour by the limited Cleveland Utilities delegation, he is no stranger to larger markets. He leads quarterly updates via conference calls that keep news media throughout the region and others informed of Watts Bar developments.
His most recent came May 2.
In a TVA news release, it was reported the targeted date for Unit 2's commercial operation start-up was sometime between September 2015 and June 2016; however, Skaggs believes December 2015 is the most likely date.
"We achieved a significant milestone during the quarter as the last major systems were completed and released to pre-operational startup in support of open vessel testing," Skaggs said in the quarterly report earlier this month. "As a result of the team's hard work, we were able to begin OVT this week (May 2), which is slightly earlier than we expected."
He added, "This is a major step toward achieving commercial operation by December 2015, our most likely target date."
OVT involves pumping water into the reactor vessel through systems that are used when shutting down the reactor and in support of nuclear operations, according to the TVA news release.
On Tuesday, Skaggs told the Cleveland group TVA has now moved beyond bulk construction in the Unit 2 project and is deep into systems testing.
Nancy Mitchell, TVA customer service manager who operates out of the Chattanooga office, called Tuesday's visit by the Cleveland delegation a "unique" opportunity because once the Unit 2 nuclear reactor containment area is sealed in a month, no human eyes will again see it from the rare inside perspective.
"It's important that the public understand the scope of the Unit 2 project and what it means," Mitchell said. "Sixty years from now, people will still be using its power."
Tom Wallace, senior manager of operations, called Watts Bar — and TVA's commitment to finish the Unit 2 reactor that was started years ago — an investment in the region.
"Watts Bar is an investment in our community and region," Wallace offered. "We cannot pick up and move to Santa Fe or Mexico. We are here for the long term."
Three other public utilities that are TVA partners which have viewed the Unit 2 reactor include Memphis, Knoxville and Chattanooga. TVA tours have also been granted to several government teams, some coming from as far away as Washington, D.C.
Cleveland Utilities representatives taking the tour included Ken Webb, president and CEO; Bart Borden, vice president of the Electric Division; Craig Mullinax, vice president of the Water Division; Walt Vineyard, vice president of Information Technology; Tim Henderson, vice president of Administrative Services; Marshall Stinnett, controller; Jan Runyon, manager of Human Resources; and Joe Cate, a member of the Cleveland Board of Public Utilities.
City of Cleveland representatives were Janice Casteel, city manager; Avery Johnson, vice mayor; Bill Estes and Charlie McKenzie, city councilmen; and Beverly Lindsey, administrative assistant to the city manager.
Webb, who was named CU president and CEO in late 2013 to succeed the retiring Tom Wheeler, said visiting the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant — and especially getting the rare chance to view the containment area before its permanent seal — was a unique education for CU and city employees.
"I would like to thank the employees of TVA responsible for providing us the opportunity to visit the Watts Bar nuclear facility," Webb stressed. "Cleveland Utilities is one of 155 local power companies purchasing wholesale power from TVA and it is always beneficial for us to learn about each other's operations and the challenges we both face as we strive to offer reliable electric service at the lowest possible cost."
He added, "Watts Bar Unit 2 will soon become an important source of electric power to the Tennessee Valley for many decades in the future. It was very rewarding to me and the others on the tour to have the opportunity to see it at this stage of construction."


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