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Through TRUTH we Will Create a Better World Together. There is no real division of left or right, religions, or anything else, it was all created to keep us separated. Coming together as ONE in Truth we are the Power! We CAN and WILL create the world as it is meant to be through Truth of What is and Ourselves! In Truth We Stand!
Friday, October 30, 2009
18.8 Million Homes VACANT from Foreclosures! Sickening!
Bloomberg Fabricates U.S. Housing numbers.
Where are the morals of the United States? What happened to them? How is it the government has happily given Trillions of Dollars to Banks, with the excuse, to ultimately help the people, yet there are 18.8 million homes vacant due to foreclosures!
Where are all those people? Where are those kids? Out on the street, living in cars?
No wonder the UN is starting an investigation of the United States and Human Rights abuses regarding it.
From The Bloomberg article out today:
About 18.8 million homes stood empty in the U.S. during the third quarter as banks seized properties from delinquent borrowers and new home sales fell in September.
The worst U.S. housing crash since the Great Depression has led to a record number of foreclosures and shaved almost a third off property values. The S&P/Case-Shiller Index of 20 cities in August was 29 percent below its 2006 high, after rising for four consecutive months.
I sincerely hope, with all the judges ruling in favor of the homeowner around the United States in cases against MERS and their right to foreclose - that foreclosures are STOPPED!
Where is the humanity and compassion our government says they have?
Instead of having compassion for the people of the United States, they only have compassion for the bankers and their connected friends!
Another article Bloomberg has out today - is about how the bankers are all expecting as large if not bigger bonuses than they got last year.
Of course, lets ask, whose money is that, which will ultimately be used to give billions away in bonuses! Take One big guess!
What this says is, the people of the United States are being tossed to the side, with the government nor the banks giving a Damn about what happens to them, as long as they get their money.
Yet isn't it funny, they switch and have "so much compassion" for the people and their health! In fact they have SO much Compassion - they want to MAKE SURE EVERYONE gets their FLU SHOT!
Let's see, hhhmmm.... willing to throw people/families out on the street - yet they turn around and want to protect the people and give away FREE Swine Flu Shots!
OH YEAH - Let's Trust that!
Speaking of Swine Flu Shots - a Very interesting observation was made in Denmark about the Swine flu vaccine shots!
Link to article: In Danish about Blunt Needles Being Used for the Swine Flu Shot - the doctor says, when they are giving people the shot, there is an "Abrasive Feeling"!
Uhh, Blunt Needles, Abrasive Feeling? For a Liquid Shot? Something doesn't seem right about that! Unless, something extra is in the shot!
Is there anyone in the medical field here in the U.S., that can say what type of needles are being used for the Swine Flu vaccine here? Are they Blunt needles?
Very Odd, Why blunt needles?
Thursday, October 29, 2009
NEED Someone in Central Missouri for Class Action Suit Against MERS
The attorneys in California decided Not to take on a Class Action Suit.
But the attorney's in Nevada which has started a Class Action Suit for the people there - when I talked to them today - they said they are doing it for ALL 29 states that have Non-Judicial Foreclosures.
List of states and how Foreclosures are handled at this link:
The attorney's in Nevada Needs Someone in Central Missouri Now, who have had foreclosure papers filed against them.
If you know of anyone - Please contact me - I will give the attorney's name and number - I will not take any personal information!
I have information below about MERS - Many Links are also here for understanding who they are and what they do!
I have Faith the People Will Win!
email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Banks and Stock Brokerages Around the World are DOWN
Banks around the World are down: I will Add to the list as I find more - the DOWN banks, include Stock Brokerage Accounts and Credit Card Accounts and Even Small Credit Unions!
I just tried etrade and got this: A L E R T
Scheduled System Maintenance Due to scheduled system maintenance, one or more features may be unavailable.
We apologize for the inconvenience. If you have questions or need assistance, please call 1-800-ETRADE-1 (1-800-387-2331) and a Customer Service representative will be able to assist you.
From TD Ameritrade: [link to www.tdameritrade.com]
"Systems maintenance scheduled for Sunday, October 25
Our systems will be unavailable from 12 a.m. to 2 a.m. ET on October 25 while we perform maintenance updates to ensure continued high-level service for our clients. To speak with a Client Services representative during this time, please call 800-669-3900. We apologize for this necessary interruption"www.hfcu.info...
www.us.hsbc.com... /personal-internet-banking/log-on
www.ornlfcu.com (ornl )
ABN Amro, Huge bank in Holland, with worldwide branches and the likes..
"In verband met reguliere onderhoudswerkzaamheden is Internet Bankieren tijdelijk niet beschikbaar. Wij adviseren u het omstreeks 07.00 uur weer te proberen. Onze excuses voor het ongemak."
In connection with needed (per law?) maintenance, is Internet banking temporarily not possible. We advise you to try again at approximately 7:00 AM. Or excuses for the difficulties.
(Is a rough translation)
I first went to KBC Bank. They have 2 ATM's inside the bank. Never since I'm a customer have both been empty or not working. I CONFIRM THAT BOTH WERE DOWN. A BIG RED BANNER ON THE TOP OF THE SCREEN, (in Dutch)
"This ATM is not working at the moment, please accept our apologies."
I went to another ATM, there were no 50 euro bills left. Now this is not exactly a surprise. During weekends this ATM quite often gets empty, only it usually happens at the end of the weekend.
2 possibilities: 1) A lot of people withdraw money today. 2) They didn't fill the ATM on purpose.
I withdraw €500 in 20 euro bills.
[link to www.commerzbanking.de]
General Error
We regret that the application which you have selected is likely to be unavailable until 08:00 h on account of maintenance work.
We trust that you will understand this situation.
Your Commerzbanking-Team
Online Banking maintenance
We'll be carrying out routine maintenance in Online Banking on Sunday 25 October between 01:45 BST and 02:15 GMT you will not be able to log in during this time. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
CIBC is down can't access login
citizen's bank of canada also states :
Intermittent debit card service disruptions anticipated in October and November
national bank of canada also down
34 Banks confirmed Down: besides ones listed above.
Belgium KBC bank
WF Investments
Belgian bank
Sweden bank
Holland bank
ING Bank
Slovenia personal NLB
Slovenia business account
Belgium Dexia bank
German Postbank Online
Heritage Federal CU
Financial Horizons CU
alliance CU
BB and T
America First CU
Schwab bank
discover card
Pandemic Exercise Underway
Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity
Nearly 3000 Firms Participating in Nationwide Test
The multi-week, sector-wide pandemic exercise that kicked off on September 24 is underway with 2725 firms registered and participating. The exercise, which is the first of this scope in the U.S., is sponsored by the U.S. Treasury Department, in partnership with FSSCC, the Financial and Banking Information Infrastructure Committee (FBIIC), and with the Securities Industry and Financial Management Association (SIFMA) playing a key planning and project management role.
UPDATE - Some banks are coming back online! I will keep watching!
UPDATE: Another thought - question - due to all the banks being off line at one time around the world - and the webbot predicted that for today, could that have satisfied that prediction, with all the ruckus it caused on the internet boards?
Saturday, October 24, 2009
News and thoughts on the Coming Dollar CRASH and Down Fall of the U.S.
Saying China will use the ASEAN meeting to make the Yuan an International Currency.
The meeting is happening Right Now in Thailand
From another article:
Soros also said he believed the decline of the U.S. dollar would be limited by its tie to the Chinese currency. "As long as the renminbi is tied to the dollar, I don't see how the decline in the dollar can go too far," he said.
So what if they come out of the meeting and say the renminbi/yuan is no longer tied to the dollar? We will hear a HUGE Crash of the dollar that day! The timing can be spot on of when it starts, from clif's warning!
This could be it - they decide to untie from the dollar and let their currency rise - the dollar would IMPLODE immediately!
The general public would not understand the implications immediately - but they would grasp it as the days went by and the media explained it.
Also, out is Lazard Asset Management Fund - over 100 billion dollar fund management company is getting out of the dollar.
I would like to remind you - this is the same company that the CEO just died last week - Bruce Wasserstein. He had an irregular heartbeat. hhhmmmm...... really now? Wonder if there are medications that can make that happen, especially if word gets out a dollar dump is about to happen and people try to make it Not happen? Yep, that is a conspiracy theory. BUT - you have to understand, I have been following the deaths of Many financial people in the last couple of months.
For some reason, being at the executive level of the finance business over the last couple of months have been very detrimental to people's lives. There have been many accidents, suicides and heart problems all of a sudden.
Back to the original posting premise -
The media may be covering their butts with the public, as they have been mentioning the weak dollar to the public. They know if something happens, they would have had to say something beforehand, so the public understands "something" was coming down the line.
Also remember - very important clue with this all - is that State Dept. report of all Embassies needing to have local currencies by Sept. 30th for a years times of money.
What I don't understand is.... The govt. KNEW a few months ago the dollar was going to crash, why the Hell didn't they try and do something about it, instead of continuing what they were doing to cause it?
Is it because - it was all too far gone? They needed to put on a Good face to the public, while they were running up the stock market and getting out of it, yet the public was getting into it more and believing them? They have covered themselves up to this point and know they can't cover anymore and they knew in advance Oct. would be it for covering and then game up?
Everyone does realize that when the events unfold, we will have millions of people whose retirements were blown up by Wall Street and the govt? They blew it up and had people put more money in the market - even though they have known it was all going to fail!! They did this as they were giving billions away of our money as bonuses to make sure Wall Street people's pockets were filled before the Crash Happens!
That is not the govt. protecting the people that is the govt. and Wall Street purposely condemning the people, along with the media being culprits to the crime!
99% of the people in the U.S. are about to lose their wealth, and go nuts without survival means - To say How I feel about that.... well... there are not enough curse words in the language for what I think!
The Warning from the Webbot about the crash coming this week has been updated to the fact "something" will happen around the 5 am hour on the 26th. What 5 am time zone, that is not clear, but lets just say it is EST.
I can tell you one place I will be in 2 mornings - on my computer looking intensely for headlines and information around the world. I will be starting with the Asian news sources.
Friday, October 23, 2009
All Kinds of News has Come out in the last few days - for possible 25/26th Event
It has been hard to keep up with it all.
Many various and different reasons for a lock down in banking and so on have come to light.
An article just came out, saying the While House is going to unveil their "too big to fail" dismantling solution is need be. Everyone is mum on what is in the bill to the media, but Obama will come out with it on Monday.
One, Iran is refusing the UN agreement for Uranium enrichment and walked away from the table.
Could that now lead to the Israel Mistake and Ill Winds?
Volcanoes have been waking up this week too around the world.
One thing that is COMPLETE BIZARRE to me is that MSM is NOT mentioning the Puerto Rico Explosion at 12:30 this morning 10/23/09. Huge Gas Storage tanks exploded - 11 of them and the fire is STILL raging in Puerto Rico. Yet no MSM is mentioning it! WHY? That is VERY SUSPIOUS to me!
It should be a Huge headline on the news - yet they aren't saying a word about it!!
Today Karl Denninger came out with an article about Credit Dislocation!
Also, Citibank just upped and canceled their gas credit cards without warning anyone on Wednesday! People found out only went their cards were denied! Trucking companies are up in arms, because they need the cards to charge for fuel! Some had always paid their bills in full every month, but their cards were still canceled.
Goldman Sachs is giving out 23 billion in bonuses!
OH, I have A LOT to say about that! But I will control myself!
I am still working on getting something started against MERS, but it seems law firms don't want to take it on (they won't make money off it).
Russia, Venezuela, Iran and China have made agreements to buy oil without using U.S. dollars.
Also, to show the U.S. standing in the world now - Hillary Clinton went to Russia, but at the same time Putin went to China to sign trade agreements NOT using the U.S. dollar anymore!
That was an absolute showing to the U.S. they have complete disregard for it now - to insult a Secretary of State by leaving the country to go to another one to drop the dollars used! That right there says a lot in my opinion.
Oh, many banks have announced they will be closed for a few days next week for Computer upgrades and other reasons! hhhmmmm..... interesting timing for that.
I have read some reports of ATMs being out of money now.
I sincerely hope, everyone has taken a simple precaution and have gotten money out of the bank incase credit cards and banks shut down next week!
It is a simple thing to do, that does no harm and protects you, for the "just in case" events!
We will see what happens and if anything does happen - but being prepared for anything is better than being surprised and without money or things to get you by.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
NEED HELP - Important* I need someone who has had Foreclosure Papers Filed against them In California - for a Class Action Lawsuit!
UPDATE: Oct. 16th -
The Law Firm who was seriously considering this, has decided to pass on bringing a class action lawsuit! To say I am disappointed does not even cover how I feel!
I will not give up, I am sorry it had been over a week for them to make the decision, as more people are being foreclosed on and forced out of their house, by MERS.
I am going to continue the search for a large law firm who would be willing to take this on. If anyone has connections to a firm, please ask them to consider filing a class action against MERS.
The basis is there for a class action suit, per the Kansas State Supreme Court ruling and other rulings around the country.
Please, if people get together, we can stop people from losing their homes and having to live out on the street with their families and kids!
The fraud bankers have committed can not be allowed to continue, besides their receipt of trillions from our pocket books.
Foreclosures by MERS should not be allowed to continue.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
A Petition In Colorado should be Started - To Lower Govt. Officials Pay - since Worker's Pay is Lowered!
Colorado lowered the minimum wage, because they say cost of living has gone down!
The cost of living has NOT gone down - the government commits Fraud when they valuate pricing indices.
They don't take into account that food is about half it was a year ago in a box etc, but at the same price. Food has gone up tremendously!
What they are using is those oil, vehicles and appliances as saying the cost of living has gone down, but they manipulate the food prices to be what they want them to be. The government will constantly rework the way they figure out the cost of living.
This is ABSOLUTE BULLSHIT!! People are working Very Hard to make ends meet and the cost of food is rising Tremendously!
So, since the Colorado Government says that the cost of living has gone down - then THOSE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS NEED TO ALSO TAKE A CUT IN PAY!!
If the Government is making the people take a cut in Pay - then the people need to DEMAND the officials do too!
As I see it the annual amount and then percentage of what the hourly worker has to give up - then needs to be applied in a percentage basis to the officials in Colorado.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Oh, I bet the PTB of the U.S. Oil Companies are PO'd! The War in Iraq was All for Naught!
The Billions and Billions spent - besides (which is what matters to us)- the LIVES LOST by our military personnel - how the country of Iraq has been decimated and the U.S. economy has been decimated due to the War in Iraq. It seems it was ALL FOR NAUGHT!
The U.S. DID NOT ACCOMPLISH what they set out to do and the REASON for going to war in Iraq - To GAIN CONTROL OF THE OIL!
It has fallen apart - the whole game and scheme the U.S. had, I am sure they thought they had the right to the oil and there would never be a doubt about U.S. companies gaining control.
Well, they were WRONG - the Iraqi government signed a contract and gave the rights to the oil, to a Chinese company - CNPC and the British company BP!
Iraqi officials have signed a deal with Britain's BP and China's CNPC to develop its Rumaila oilfield, a milestone in Iraq's efforts to renew its oil sector.Officials from Iraq's state-owned South Oil Company and the two oil companies agreed the deal on Thursday, Assem Jihad, an oil ministry spokesman, said. Final approval is still needed from the government.
"The contract will be sent to the cabinet for approval, then a final date will be chosen to sign the contract during an official ceremony," Jihad said on Thursday.
Another article about it:
A consortium of British giant BP PLC and China's CNPC was the only successful bidder.
Its offers for the Rumaila oil field, which holds 17.8bn barrels in crude reserves, beat off competition from US giant Exxon Mobil and Malaysia's Petronas.
The Exxon Mobil-led consortium requested $4.8 per barrel for production over the minimum and BP wanted $3.99 per barrel, al-Shahristani said.
The ministry was willing to pay $2 per barrel.
BP agreed to match the ministry's price and won the contract, with Exxon Mobil refusing to revise its bid.
Now - how Ironic would it be that the oil will not end up trading in U.S. dollars but in other currencies - which is the REASON why we went into Iraq. Saddam was going to drop the dollar and sell oil in Euros!!
With this information coming out now.
I have a few thoughts and questions.
Will the violence in Iraq, all of a sudden become worst now?
Will oil fields once again start being destroyed?
Will China now insert some military forces there, to protect their rights?
Will some of the government people in Iraq all of a sudden start being taken out and assassinated?
In other words will those PTB in the U.S. be SO Pissed Off - they will take vengeance out on Iraq?
I am sure that the Bushs, Cheneys, Exxons, Chevron, Shell etc of the world felt it was their right to the oil of Iraq.
If you start hearing of more violence in Iraq - think about who the oil rights were given to, before you think it is some random events, including fires starting again on the oil fields.
I need Information on Foreclosures - While trying to Reset Mortgages Also any Information on multiple Mortgage Companies Saying Debt Owed to Them.
I need information and varified stories of people getting foreclosed on when they thought their mortgage was being reset. I also very much need information of people getting foreclosed on and afterwards other mortgage companies saying they owe them the mortgage, not the companies who foreclosed on them.
There has been one case I read about someone being foreclosed on but a couple of months later they got a letter saying they owe that full amount to another company, as they were the ones who actually owned the mortgage.
Plus any injustices of banks/mortgages that you know of and out right fraud regarding mortgages, Please contact me.
There is a reason for my needing the information above, which I am not at liberty to say right now.
Please trust me, this is not simply for my information.
you can email me at
Friday, October 9, 2009
The Gold Market was almost Busted Sept. 30th - Gold would have Skyrocketed!
The amount of shorts against gold is the highest ever. Those shorts got caught with their pants Down! This might have been a part of why gold has gone up too in the last few days. But if this had been exposed Gold would be who knows how high right now!
A gold buyer on September 30th put a huge order involving tons of gold in the London market.
*Side note* Buyers do that all the time, but they normally do not ask for delivery and eventually the buys expire.
This time, the buyer wanted Immediate delivery! That put the market in a spin and central banks had to come to the rescue to JP Morgan and those other government tool companies who had shorts on the market. They offered the buyer spot plus 25% - but the buyer did not want fiat money, the buyer wanted the gold.
Those shorts of a tremendous amount - did not have the gold being requested and Sold on the market!
So it goes, the fraud of the market - where the JP Morgans, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley put huge amounts of gold shorts on the market (sell offers) and when a buyer finally said "OKAY, give me the gold you are offering for sale". They couldn't come through!
Imagine what would have happened had the demand and actual amount available had been made public... imagine, gold could have even doubled in one day!
link to article: http://news.goldseek.com/GoldSeek/1255111200.php
How the Hell was Obama given the Nobel Peace Prize - He has done NOTHING! Except continue War and Torture!
Obama has done NOTHING to earn the Nobel Peace Prize!! I have now lost all respect for the Nobel Peace Prize with it being given to Obama.
Let's go through all the NOTHINGS he has done. Besides NO Diplomacy (as they are stating for a reason why)
Has he had the talks with Iran and everyone else he promised to do to get elected - NO
Has he stopped renditions - NO - they continue!
Has he ended the war in Iraq and brought home the troops - NO - it continues - No end in sight at this time!
Is the war in Afghanistan getting worst and he is going to consider sending more troops instead of getting out - Yes!
Have the Prisoners of Gitmo gotten their Habeas Corpus as promised - No
Does Torture Continue at Gitmo - Yes
Is Gitmo shutting down as Promised - NO
Has any investigations into torture been blocked by Obama - YES
Is he saber rattling Iran and threatening them - YES!
Is he saber rattling North Korea - YES
Does he saber rattle Russia - YES
Has more rights been taken away from the citizens in the U.S. - YES
Is he continuing the enormous Executive Powers that Bush started - YES
Has he even followed through on ONE promise he made the American people to get elected?
No Transparency - No ending of wiretaps - No investigations into all the things he said he would do - NADA - Nothing!
I now have NO respect for the Nobel Peace Prize!
Please remember - if you read earlier postings of mine - you would know I voted for that man - yet I now see - he is nothing but a Bush in office - Promises with nothing to back them up - and doing the opposite.
To me - he is actually worst than Bush - Because he promised a government that was about the American People once more - yet it has been the opposite! He made people believe and Hope we would get back the Constitution of the United States - Did we ?- NO
What does this say about the Nobel Peace Prize Organization? It says they are blind and strictly a political organization now - In my opinion!
The Nobel Peace Prize now means NOTHING in my Eyes - it is not real - now that they have given a man the prize that has done Nothing to deserve it!
Monday, October 5, 2009
Bombing of Moon commences in 4 days - What Idiots!
I still don't get how other countries are allowing the United States to Bomb the Moon!
It is Not the United States to bomb, it is the world's moon. But it seems like everything else, the U.S. thinks they can do as they please and take what they want.
There are lots of "what ifs" in my opinion.
What if pieces fall off in chunks and are like astroids and hit the Earth?
What if our tides are affected?
What if it causes the moon to wobble and go off it's axis?
In other words what right does the U.S. have to do this and Why aren't other countries standing up to the U.S. and saying "No you can not bomb the moon"!
Link to NASA with more information about who will be able to see what, depending on where you are in the country.


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The U.K.'s (Other) Euro-Zone Problem
The U.K. is struggling with the same problem confronting the euro zone.
It has a very wealthy, productive core and a poor unproductive hinterland. Up until the financial crisis, the disparity was masked by government spending and inflated government wages relative to local productivity. The regions received an additional boost from debt-fueled consumption, supported by rising house prices.
But following the financial crisis, the government can no longer be as generous as it once was and the taps have been turned off the credit pipe.
The result is that within the U.K.'s single-currency region, the periphery is having to deflate while the core–the South East–will suffer relative inflation.
By the end of 2008, the public sector represented 20% of all U.K. employment. In the South East, it was 17%. By contrast, those proportions were 29% in Northern Ireland, 24% in Wales and 23% in North East England.
Public spending per head in 2011 in the North East was 107% of the U.K. average; it was 111% of the average in Wales, 115% of the average in Scotland and a whopping 121% of the average in Northern Ireland, compared to 85% in the South East.
London, by the way, complicates these data.
For instance, a high density of social housing in otherwise affluent areas, and the fact that the central government is run out of London, mean it has high state spending and high rates of unemployment, albeit relatively low rates of public-sector employment. London also requires more policing, more spending on public transport, and its expensive housing stock means more goes towards housing benefit.
As a result, the government is trying to make the regions more competitive by stopping central wage bargaining, which should allow public-sector earnings to fall in the regions from their current substantial premiums to local private-sector employees.
Meanwhile, in London, putting a lid on housing benefits should help to adjust the highly-distorted property market and shift some of the expensive unemployed to the regions. This is important because many of London's jobless on social welfare don't have the skills to earn the sort of money they'd need to maintain London living standards given to them by the government. Lower benefits mean lower hurdles for getting people into work.
Indeed, anecdotally there is talk of local councils pushing those on public welfare further and further out from central London and possibly right out to the regions.
Of course, the widespread complaint is that there is no work, outside of the public sector. Economists point to a shortfall in aggregate demand and the necessity for continued high levels of state spending and deficits.
But this squares badly with the fact that U.K. core inflation has been very sticky at well above the Bank of England's 2% target. Headline and core inflation are running at around 3.5% and some members of the Bank of England's policy-setting committee doubt whether it will fall very quickly, lackluster economic growth notwithstanding.
It could be that a shortfall in aggregate demand isn't the only problem in the U.K. Regional distortions, insufficient past spending on infrastructure, a deteriorating quality of general education (anecdotally) and a focus on the wrong sets of skills (media studies rather than lathe operation), as well as the need to shift the economy from retail to manufacturing, from finance to engineering, are just as much a problem.
And whereas the Bank of England can do something to boost demand, were it to misdiagnose supply problems as demand problems the result would be continued inflation rates at well above the levels it has promised to deliver.

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Miley Cyrus, Radcliffe are Hottest Actors Under 25
The annual poll chooses the young Hollywood stars most likely to be massive in 10 years time, reports Contactmusic. Others in the list include Ellen Page, Scarlett Johansson, Keira Knightley and Zac Efron.
Mamma Mia!'s Amanda Seyfried, Harry Potter star Emma Watson, and Bond girl Gemma Arterton are also in the list.


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Location: Crop Diseases, Pests and Genetics
2013 Annual Report
1. Develop field deployable systems that provide rapid, sensitive detection of Citrus tristeza virus and Spiroplasma citri in citrus. 2. Determine and characterize genetic variations in Citrus tristeza virus and Spiroplasma citri strains before and after vector passage. 3. Determine changes in host gene expression in Citrus tristeza virus cross-protected citrus that can be used to screen for cross-protective strains of Citrus tristeza virus.
Control of Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) in Central California is mandated by the state of California using a serological assay based on reactivity with MCA13, a strain-discriminating monoclonal antibody. Project research determined that many San Joaquin Valley CTV strains that react with MCA13 cause only mild disease. Virulent CTV strains could be differentiated by new primers in a real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assay. A CTV-strain distinguishing multiplex assay was developed to facilitate rapid identification of virulent CTV strains isolated from field samples. The test incorporates specific primers and probes in individual wells in a 96-well plate using a standardized reaction mix. Test kits are undergoing independent evaluation by different laboratories. Test kits includes custom mixes for CTV strain differentiation and have a versatile format to adapt to testing for other citrus pathogens simultaneously in multiplex assay. The Central California Tristeza Eradication Agency will be using this assay for screening high incidence CTV orchards this year.
An alarmingly high proportion of virulent CTV strains were detected in spring of 2013 in Central California. CTV eradication is now impractical. An alternative control for severe CTV strains is cross-protection. The Topara Citrus Nursery in Peru has identified mild CTV strains that protect citrus from severe stem pitting strains of CTV after >20 years of natural field challenge. Extracts from field trees infected with 20 CTV isolates from protected and non-protected trees were obtained from the nursery and examined for strain mixtures and genotype profiling. All protected trees contained a genotype (T36NS) which is found in California. Comparison of the molecular profile of severe and mild Peruvian CTV versus California CTV isolates should provide molecular data to assess and prioritize local CTV isolates for cross-protection trials.
Review Publications
Loconsole, G., Onelge, N., Potere, O., Giampetruzzi, A., Bozan, O., Satar, S., De Stradis, A., Savino, V., Yokomi, R.K., Saponari, M. 2012. Identification and characterization of Citrus yellow vein clearing virus, a putative new member of the genus Mandarivirus infecting Citrus spp. Phytopathology. 102: 1168-1175.
Zhao, H., Sun, R., Albrecht, U., Padmanabhan, C., Wang, A., Coffey, M.D., Girke, T., Wang, Z., Close, T.J., Roose, M., Yokomi, R.K., Folimonova, S., Vidalakis, G., Rouse, R., Bowman, K.D., Jin, H. 2013. Small RNA profiling reveals phosphorus deficiency as a contributing factor in symptom expression for Citrus Huanglongbing Disease. Molecular Plant. 6(2):301-310.
Satar, S., Kersting, U., Yokomi, R.K. 2012. Presence of two host races of Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera: Aphididae) collected in Turkey. Annals of Applied Biology. 162:41-49.


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SIKESTON - A new program offered by the Delta Diabetes Center at Missouri Delta Medical Center uses a fresh approach for presenting diabetes management information.
The Center's diabetes support group has had educational speakers discuss control methods at its regularly scheduled meetings, but the presenters have been physicians or health care providers.
The A1C Champions Program is different. "It's a patient-led diabetes education program," said Nan Thornton, certified diabetes educator. "It's for people who have struggled with or faced the fear of diabetes. I wanted them to have the opportunity to meet a person that has overcome those struggles and can motivate them to make those positive changes in their life."
Thornton explained, "An A1C Champion is a person who has diabetes who has been trained and evaluated to share diabetes self-management and lifestyle strategies based on extensive training and their personal experience."
The program's primary role is to conduct empowering presentations for others with diabetes and their family and friends.
During one-hour patient-to-patient presentations, the A1C Champion talks about his or her experiences with diabetes - physical, emotional and psychological. The sharing of personal insights and ways of dealing with the disease is geared toward empowering others to make the right choices in taking care of their diabetes.
Topics typically include things like how to achieve good glucose control, effective self-management, developing a balanced, healthy lifestyle, planning and prioritizing diabetes management, overcoming fears surrounding the disease and finding resources for diabetes support.
Those who listen to the programs increase their knowledge while speakers get a sense of fulfillment from helping others, officials said.
Kicking off the program at the Delta Diabetes Center will be a presentation by A1C Champion Norman Hente of Granite City, Ill., scheduled for 6:30-8 p.m. Monday at the lower-level classroom at MDMC. The topic will be "Diabetes and the Pursuit of Good Control."
Hente was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 1989 after he began to have vision problems.
"I'm excited about this program because a lot of people, when it comes to their diabetes management, have not had the success they've wanted to have," Thornton said. "That success is achievable and typically comes when the person with diabetes becomes a partner with their health care provider, striving together for good control."
The program's name comes from the hemoglobin A1C laboratory test that measures a person's average blood glucose value for the last two to three months. "It's the marker of control," Thornton said.
Diabetes patients are encouraged to strive for a A1C value of 7.0 or lower. "New guidelines define excellent control as 6.5 or lower," Thornton noted.
The test should be taken every three months. By keeping the number low, a patient can prevent or delay complications.
"The number one complication of poor control is heart attacks and strokes," Thornton said. "Examples of other complications of poor control are eye damage including blindness, loss of kidney function requiring dialysis and amputations."
There is no charge to attend and reservations are not required. Those with questions can call the Delta Diabetes Center at 472-7326.


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Dopest part of the new 2.0 iPhone software is definitely the addition of the App Store. I just downloaded Remote, which gives you control of your Apple TV with your iPhone. Once again Apple completely destroys it...
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I've always been an ambassador of technologies that "even the playing field" so to speak. Apple has done this once again with the creation of Final Cut Studio 2. For those that are not in the film industry it's hard to explain that a lot of times creativity is strangled by the budget of a music video, commercial, or film. With Final Cut Studio 2, the potential to create high-end looking content on a tight budget is amazing. The integration with RED Digital Cinema, which us digital film enthusiasts have been looking forward to, is seamless.
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David Dooks, statistics director at the BBA, said: "Public holidays and wet weather put a damper on mortgage approvals in June and demand for unsecured household borrowing was also low. Paying off loans or overdrafts and building up deposits is the current consumer ambition.
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That would be his only time with the Celtics since after 15 games, he was dealt to Cleveland for Scott Wedman. 37 games with the Cavs that season and 74 the following season in Golden State, and his NBA career was over in Dontae' Jones quick-like fashion.
While Wedman and the Celtics were winning titles, Tillis would play in Europe from 1984-1990. He played in the Italian League from 1984-88, where he won two championships and averaged 20.0 points and 10 rebounds and also played in the Spanish League in 1989-90 (no word on whether he crossed paths there with the immortal Ramon Rivas).
The Buffoon is involved); Tillis and the Celtics 1983 draft pick (Greg Kite) for Scott Wedman. In the likeness of Rick Robey, whose claim to fame was bringing in Dennis Johnson, Tillis without question will be remembered for netting Wedman, who would play key roles on the 1984-86 Celtics' teams.
I never saw Tillis play but based on his size, stats and complexion, I'm having a hard time not thinking he wasn't an earlier version of Patrick O'Bryant. I may be totally off base on that but someone who saw Tillis play may be able to confirm it. For his NBA career, Darren averaged 3.4 ppg and 2.5 rpg in 10 mpg. For O'Bryant's career to this point he's averaged 2.1 ppg and 1.4 rpg in 5.8 mpg.
an Assistant Coach at UCF. He also has a daughter named Christina Michelle Tillis. No word on whether he can coax Michael Stewart into getting off his ass and getting a job in Windmere, FL.
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FROM GUESS BLOGGER (with permission) TIAMO DE VETORRI
Women, do you have a voice in your head that says things you would never say to another person?
If you did... That would be hurtful, painful, and perhaps even abusive, right? So, why is it ok that you say those things to yourself? Loving others starts with you, yes?
MEN, do you have women in your lives that do this to themselves? Do you wish they could only revere themselves in the way that you revere them?
That's why I wrote this song called "The God In You" for ALL women. Ladies, for just a moment, turn the voice off in your head and... Allow me to sing to you in my music video.
I ask you to believe everything I sing about in this song. Because in my reality, it's true. Will you make it true for you?
And if you find yourself having a hard time believing my words, that's ok. But, imagine if you thought this way about yourself on a regular basis. Wouldn't your life transform?
I invite you to try it by watching my video! http://bit.ly/1S2Y1Fr
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There's a New Mainstream Out There -- and You're Probably Part of It From The Huffington Post
By Dianne Collins (Original thinker, media personality, creator of QuantumThink)
Who are the people of The New Mainstream? What do they want? What do they know? What are the economic, social and political implications of this rapidly-rising tide?
I'll tell you why I had to write this. I've encountered a phenomenon that needs to be shouted from the rooftops. There's a burgeoning underground narrative going on and it's time for it to surface. In fact, it astounds me that marketers, business leaders and political strategists have remained unaware. It's huge.
After being interviewed on hundreds of radio and TV shows during the past three years and listening to at least double that number preparing, I had to ask myself -- was there a larger purpose to my experience on all these shows? What was I being shown by The Force? Nearly 300 interviews and 900 shows later, the realization isn't so startling. It may even seem obvious -- yet it needs to be said:
There's a New Mainstream out there.
You're probably part of it.
I call it "The Consciousness Crowd."
Millions of people the world over are part of The New Mainstream. It is defined neither by generation, by politico credo, nor by religious creed. The New Mainstream is defined by recognition that we are in a time of awakening to a new mindset, an expanded worldview and yes, a higher-level consciousness for humanity. The New Mainstream is defined by a cosmic pulse of awakening -- a new consciousness!
"Consciousness"? Not exactly a phrase that gets bandied about in cocktail conversation and in boardrooms. Or does it?
You don't have to know the properties of crystals or see aura colors to be part of The Consciousness Crowd. You don't have to be able to deliver a lecture on the principles of quantum physics. On my virtual media tour across cultures and countries I encountered show producers, hosts, guest and listeners who are scientists and physicians, entrepreneurs and executives, celebrities and politicians, teachers, students and homemakers, architects, artists, accountants and attorneys. All of them are talking about the leap to higher consciousness and how we get there. Yes, really. What The New Mainstream really means is you are waking up and you want the rest of the world to wake up, too.
I had to ask myself: Why are more and more people tuning in to these shows? What are they gaining from it? I realized what they really want: a new point of view.
The New Mainstream craves conscious conversations beyond political diatribes, fear-based marketing, glamorization of disease and drugs, religious hypocrisy, and limited either/or "silo" views posing as thinking. The New Mainstream desires a more profound, authentic connection to life, an acknowledgment of our literal interconnectedness, economic interdependence, and spiritual interrelatedness.
The New Mainstream wants politicians worthy of being leaders, voters who look at the person not the political party to determine the best leader, media who ask questions of substance that lead to sustainable solutions. The New Mainstream wants health practices grounded in advanced energy sciences, nutritiously cultivated food that tastes good, too, entertainment featuring characters who reflect the new consciousness, and education that teaches youth essential knowledge of the five natural faculties* of "quantum" mind.
The New Mainstream wants a different narrative where human rights don't require fighting for and a world economy is not dependent on the military industrial complex for it to thrive. They want an end to the hypocrisy of proclaiming values and virtues we aren't actually embodying and pretending that's okay. They want intelligent media that displaces horrific scenes looping on the "the murder and accident report" journalistically masquerading as the news. The New Mainstream wants more than finger pointing and seeks discussions not of who's to blame, but what's at the source -- of bigotry, terrorism, political animosities, corrupt leaders, income inequities -- so we can create real solutions.
Why haven't economic and political strategists caught on? Perhaps because they are stuck thinking from fixed demographic and psychographics that The New Mainstream simply doesn't fit into.
Millennials, Gens X, Y and boomers and even octogenarians are all in for higher consciousness. The New Mainstream is not just people "trying to make it." People of fame and fortune want a new consciousness, too. Witness: Pharrell's magnetic, meteoric appeal to millions of fans who want to be Happy, Jim Carrey's commencement address to the Transcendental Meditation community's Maharishi University, Paris Hilton spotted toting a popular spiritual book under her arm, Russell Brand's "The Trews" punditry on "the real news," Arianna's passion for The Third Metric, conventional news and talk shows regularly playing clips of political "awakeners" couched in the comedy of Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Bill Maher. The clues are everywhere.
The economic impact of the The New Mainstream appears to be untapped. Imagine what addressing the values and mindset of this audience could mean to commerce, to entertainment, to political ideologies.
Please don't make the mistake of relegating The New Mainstream to a subculture.
Neti, Neti -- Not This, Not This.
New Age? Not.
Cultural Creatives? Not really.
Liberals? Not political.
Mindfulness? Not enough.
There is a Sanskrit phrase used to weed out what higher consciousness is not.
Neti, neti. It translates as: Not this, not this. Let's be clear: The New Mainstream "consciousness crowd" is not just another name for New Age, Cultural Creatives, Liberals, or Mindfulness.
New Age? It's not.
It's shortsighted to trivialize The New Mainstream by pigeonholing them as self-help, personal development, touchy-feely or whatever muddled interpretation people have of the term "New Age."
Cultural Creatives. It's not the same.
The distinction "Cultural Creatives" was established in 2001 by sociologist Paul Ray and psychologist Sherry Anderson to distinguish the growing psychographic they called a "subculture" -- based on differences in value sets and varying lifestyles contrasted with conservative Traditionalists and cosmopolitan Moderns. These lines are blurred in The New Mainstream.
Liberal? It's not political.
There is a crucial distinction to be made here. When Michele Obama wants better food for healthier kids, when Sting wants us to take care of our oceans, these are not political stances. This is awakened consciousness, aware of the grave consequences of poor nutrition on productivity and happiness of younger generations who will lead the future, and on the vital role of oceanic-atmospheric health to every area of life, from commerce to creatures.
Mindfulness? It's not enough.
How wonderful that stressed-out executives and hyperactive children are practicing "mindfulness." Our Quantum Age is teaching us we have to see life differently than we previously believed and we have re-structure our thinking. Mindfulness is a great start for personal awakening, yet not enough to characterize the emergence of The New Mainstream. We have to see the bigger picture.
The content of the conversations is about the stuff you see elsewhere in the old mainstream -- the state of the world, politics and relationships, money and health, business and career, purpose and meaning. The difference is not in the topics of concern -- the difference is in the POV, the point of view. It's the context that's different. Paradoxically, the new POV does indeed expand the topics of conversation.
People converse on topics ranging from the merging of science and spirituality to how we can think differently to have the world work. They discuss advanced energy healing, ecological inventions, intuition and the power of intent. They speak about the monumental paradigm shift from the Industrial Age to the Quantum Age. They discuss, matter-of-factly, research on near-death, after-life experiences and angelic realms along with cutting-edge neuroscience, quantum discoveries of mind-to-mind and mind-to-matter connections, and the scientific evidence for the role of the spiritual heart in maintaining an experience of peace and well-being.
Our collective state of being gives rise to the state of the world.
The New Mainstream knows that our state of consciousness, individually as well as collectively, is the fundamental and ultimate driving force of every aspect of life -- giving rise to all of our results. We are the ones creating all of it according to our habits of thinking.
The New Mainstream has the simplest and yet the most profound of all goals -- to be happy, to know how that happens, and to become masterful at creating it, for each and everyone.
Until now, the consciousness crowd has kept themselves in the closet. The closet is full and bursting. It's time for the consciousness crowd to come out and recognize themselves as The New Mainstream. The New Mainstream may be the latest in-crowd, but make no mistake about it. The desire for conscious awakening is not just a trendy idea. The New Mainstream is here to stay.
* "5 Natural Faculties of Mind" refers to: Intent, Intuition, Subtle Energy, Resonance, Meditation
From the author's book Do You QuantumThink? Page 316
Love a Woman
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"When a fairly spiritual male friend of mine who had finally found and was deepening into committed relationship with his soul mate confided in me he was thinking of being single again, and in the next breath expressed his latest idea for raising consciousness worldwide, I wrote this poem.
" If you want to change the world… love a woman.
Really love her.
Find the one who calls to your soul, who doesn't make sense.
Throw away your check list and put your ear to her heart and listen.
Hear the names, the prayers, the songs of every living thing- every winged one, every furry and scaled one, every underground and underwater one, every green and flowering one, every not yet born and dying one…
Hear their melancholy praises back to the One who gave them life.
If you haven't heard your own name yet, you haven't listened long enough.
If your eyes aren't filled with tears, if you aren't bowing at her feet, you haven't ever grieved having almost lost her.
If you want to change the world… love a woman-one woman beyond yourself, beyond desire and reason, beyond your male preferences for youth, beauty and variety and all your superficial concepts of freedom.
We have given ourselves so many choices we have forgotten that true liberation comes from standing in the middle of the soul's fire and burning through our resistance to Love.
There is only one Goddess.
Look into Her eyes and see-really see if she is the one to bring the axe to your head. If not, walk away. Right now. Don't waste time "trying."
Know that your decision has nothing to do with her because ultimately it's not with who, but When we choose to surrender.
If you want to change the world… love a woman. Love her for life-beyond your fear of death, beyond your fear of being manipulated by the Mother inside your head.
Don't tell her you're willing to die for her. Say you're willing to LIVE with her, plant trees with her and watch them grow.
Be her hero by telling her how beautiful she is in her vulnerable majesty, by helping her to remember every day that she IS Goddess through your adoration and devotion.
If you want to change the world… love a woman in all her faces, through all her seasons and she will heal you of your schizophrenia- your double-mindedness and half-heartedness which keeps your Spirit and body separate- which keeps you alone and always looking outside your Self for something to make your life worth living.
There will always be another woman. Soon the new shiny one will become the old dull one and you'll grow restless again, trading in women like cars, trading in the Goddess for the latest object of your desire.
Man doesn't need any more choices. What man needs is Woman, the Way of the Feminine, of Patience and Compassion, non-seeking, non-doing, of breathing in one place and sinking deep intertwining roots strong enough to hold the Earth together while she shakes off the cement and steel from her skin. If you want to change the world… love a woman, just one woman .
Love and protect her as if she is the last holy vessel. Love her through her fear of abandonment Which she has been holding for all of humanity.
No, the wound is not hers to heal alone. No, she is not weak in her co-dependence.
If you want to change the world… love a woman all the way through until she believes you, until her instincts, her visions, her voice, her art, her passion, her wildness have returned to her until she is a force of love more powerful than all the political media demons who seek to devalue and destroy her.
If you want to change the world, lay down your causes, your guns and protest signs. Lay down your inner war, your righteous anger and love a woman… beyond all of your striving for greatness, beyond your tenacious quest for enlightenment.
The holy grail stands before you if you would only take her in your arms and let go of searching for something beyond this intimacy.
What if peace is a dream, which can only be remembered through the heart of Woman?
What if a man's love for Woman, the Way of the Feminine is the key to opening Her heart?
If you want to change the world…love a woman to the depths of your shadow, to the highest reaches of your Being, back to the Garden where you first met her, to the gateway of the rainbow realm where you walk through together as Light as One, to the point of no return, to the ends and the beginning of a new Earth.
Guest blogger, Lisa Citore, http://lisacitore.com/about/
The Lost Art of Asking Questions for Deeper Relationships
|Posted by Sheryl Jai on October 7, 2014 at 5:50 PM
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Lost Art Form: Getting to know people
Are we only living in the age of quick, short and fast communication? Really? How fulfilling is that for you?
The people I talk to want MORE fulfilling relationships, not LESS!
While we dearly appreciate the four agreements made popular by Don Miguel Ruiz, one of which is to not assume anything, this is exactly how we live today. Assuming we know what is inside someone from a quick, short and fast answer on text or facebook or twitter or whatever form of social media you use.
We are in relationships, the very closest ones with family and dear friends, yet how many of them are really how we would like them to be?
We have tried and tried and still we do not know how to ask the very questions that would give us the depth of relationship that we so strongly desire. Many of my clients come seeking greater clarity on how to stay current with changing relationships, spousal, friendships, and their children's growth. This year more than any other, this one topic is clear – we have not been connecting on the level of love.
Some examples: We are assuming we have agreements on many simple things like how to parent children, just because one parent doesn't argue with the other. Or, when we ask for something simple and our mate ignores us as if we have no opinion or needs other than for them, and we fail to ask for understanding. Or, when a child is so afraid to go to school because they do not know what they need or want and do not ask for help from a grown up or mentor, then get bullied. The list is long and as you can imagine there are many more forms of assumptions happening within relationships, on every level.
In my tenure on this planet I have had the greatest learning possible in having a direct relationship with the one I had been wanting all my life, my divine, the God of my understanding. This relationship has taught me that I do not EVER get an answer unless it is an answer that supports my growth!!!!!!!! Let's break this down a bit. With divine's support and love, I have learned to love myself. This does not mean that I don't have judgements and criticisms about myself from past conditioning. It just means that no matter what I need, it's a true need, in the moment, and I give it to myself. When I make assumptions I quickly realize that there is no relationship happening with my divine. I listen deeper and find that an old belief is pursuing me and I begin to feel uncomfortable. With that, I check in and ask a question pertinent to what I'm wanting in that moment. That is when clarity comes and support and growth are there for me.
This simple practice has taught my mind to become more curious about life more than assume I know how things will go. This simple practice has changed my relationships from being confusing to being more agreeable, because others feel and know that I am understanding what they want. In return, if I am not getting what I need, I ask to be heard, or ask to have a moment of attention, or offer some feedback as to how the interaction is causing my next move with them. If there is no response, this tells me more about how the relationship can continue – at this point, for me, it either becomes a surface relationship or one that slowly dwindles to nothing.
When I am heard, at the very least (this does not mean that I always get what I want either) I have a deeper sense of connection with that person and the relationship can flourish. That deep connection happens in each moment. It's not always about getting what you want, it's about taking a risk to ask, listen and ask and listen. This gives us all a feeling of deep connection with another. Some times it's only a matter of feeling another's heart is open to hearing you completely. When that deep need to connect is fulfilled, the 'wants' just seem to be fulfilled on their own.
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Comfort during Change
|Posted by Sheryl Jai on September 3, 2014 at 4:30 PM
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Ways to comfort yourself during times of change
Eat healthy comfort foods. Include lots of good oils like coconut, ghee and castor. This will give you a nice feeling of fullness. Feed your body what will give you new cells that speak your true self to the old cells that are sluffing off. Don't cheat on yourself.
Rest when your body says it needs rest. Avoid overwork, pushing through the day and worry about things that are not up to you to figure out. When you lay down to rest, empty your mind of the day by giving gratitude to all that happened and more gratitude to yourself for doing the best you can, ask for help with the rest.
Breathe Deeply. Sometimes change can cause the body to slump or shallow breathe because there is so much going on. So, when you feel this take some conscious breaths and say your favorite mantra (I am here now) or, i love you, for 3 breaths. Do this often during your day to help stay present and clear.
Watch the way you explain your situation, Every Word is a Prayer, so you are constantly speaking your truth without complaining about it. Your words go directly to the God of your understanding. Example, 'everything is so hard' could be 'I'm learning how to handle hard things in my life'.
Help someone else. When you feel hopeless or helpless, look for others to help. A simple smile, or opening a door for someone, or offering a hand with a simple task won't take any energy from you to do but will give you mounds of good karma back. When you are open to this, it will show up for you to say 'i can help you with that'.
Be tender and gracious to yourself. Go slower than you think you need to. I can promise you that life will continue to flow (well) without you if you slow down. You do not have to be in charge of everything you think. Being slower can allow for conscious choice in each moment, a chance to express your true self rather than a reaction. And can give you a moment to breathe and actually see what is true for you before you speak or act.
Have Gratitude. Whatever you water, blossoms, right? When you give gratitude to others in your life, yourself and recognizing that the God of your understanding is with you ALL the time and can begin to see the ways things work out without you working so hard or having to pay attention to so many details or berate yourself for missing some details, you will see just how precious you truly are and are honored for being alive.
Drink more clear pure water than you think you can. This helps to flush out old toxins that store in fatty areas and cells that are ready to slough off. This is very important to overall health and vital energy.
Last, ask for help. Whenever, whereever and whatever you need. People are usually open to hear and provide whatever they can for you. Ask for a hug or a conversation with tender listening. Have big gratitude for your friends and family willing to help you in times of need and any time.
from my book 50 Feet in 4 Seconds, the True Story of a Leap of Consciousness and Ultimate Health.
Eyes of God
|Posted by Sheryl Jai on June 23, 2014 at 1:05 PM
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The eyes of God see me
Everywhere I look
I see
The eyes of God looking at me
I see the light and peering through the trees, I see the light of God's eyes staring at me
Walking in the park I see the eyes of nature's love giving me the love of the divine
Pondering the limitless state of knowing that I am - there – everywhere
And everything looks towards me
Mutualy, synchronistically in each moment that I am seeing
The picture of divine's eyes are in everyone, everywhere - and I am moved
My heart expands beyond it's physical capacity to an unknown realm
Thoughts and past knowing melting into trust that my purpose here is shown to me in all I see
As the eyes of God see the love in me – God is pleased
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Build Your Gratitude Muscle
|Posted by Sheryl Jai on May 20, 2014 at 4:00 PM
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What if I told you that, for real, no kidding, you could have everything you ever wanted n your life, not in the time you want it, but even better than you could ever imagine?
Would you question it?
If ALL you wanted was given to you right now, would you be able to have it all now?
How much would you doubt over and over and over until, maybe, one day, you would give it to yourself?
All you would have to do, is . . . get this . . . breathe in gratitude. Yep, that is it! No magic, no studying, no learning anything new.
Just look at your own life and actually 'see' the good that you have already. Like, I'm so grateful that I have a boss you truly loves me more than anything else in the world, and that boss is me.I am so grateful that I have my own home that my heart is bursting open feeling the love of my home and how amazing it is to have the colors I want, the location I want, the street name I want, grant st, yes, I am receiving grants now for my foundation and I am so grateful. The feeling of grateful, for me, is in my heart. I see it, taste it, feel it open me, smell it - it's like heaven, hear it - it says to me 'lovey you are so beautiful and we love giving to you' and now I'm knowing that my gratitude, my sixth sense is fully activated now and in presence. My seventh sense of open is demonstrating that with an open heart, mind and being, I receive what is completely appropriate for me, no other agenda, just gratitude.
I am learning this as I unlearn that thinking about what I am grateful for is truly a practice, but being grateful is unphamtonable. And, before the day ends, just before midnight received another paying client for tomorrow, while watching tv and feeling my heart opening to gratitude. The time is now peeps.
There is no tomorrow. The time is now to own, yes, own your senses in a timely manner, know who you are, yes, even this trite statement means so much when you slow down enough to really get it, and own your power and what is naturally happening inside you. Not only say yes to it, be grateful for what you already have, what you are wanting and the food in your refrigerator, the toilet paper on the roll when you need it, the phone to dial, the computer working, the car starting and running on empty for a week and yes, still running, the people who paved your driveway and street, the people who put on your favorite tv show, the sweet invitations at the other end of the phone, the gifts that come without asking, It's like a super highway of love and gifts directed at you. Open and receive them, now.
See that you already know what to do. This is what happens for me. I truly get something and realize the difference it will make in my life to keep doing it, call it practicing. But something happens over time. It's like, I get tired or complacent in the practice, or I get bored about having so much and begin to twart my own practice and get on that merry go round, only to return to the practice realizing it's all in my mind - i must use all my senses to truly 'see'.
My quest-i-on to God/Divine/Goddess is to show me how to maintain that frequency, that energy that will hold as a natural state of being the grace that is the flow of gratitude without having to practice or get on or off track. The truth comes - It is truly nothing more than a choice in the moment, until it becomes natural, which I do believe with all my heart that it can become.
Until then, choose, every moment to live in grace, by realizing with your mind, words, thoughts and most important - your feelings, that you are grateful for your very existence. Not lying to yourself or needing to be positive. Please don't hear that in what I'm saying. I'm talking about shifting to a natural state of being - gratitude.
Silly as it sounds, I feel time speeding up, especially after these last three eclipses (8/09), which is similar to me of the last month's energies (4/14). They were very powerful energy for me. I felt weak at times, sick, no energy, and the next day full, deeply connected and yet the next day, weak again, no energy, no way for my thoughts to support myself. And it seemed that the world right next to me was watching me.
As I stopped at a light in my town, I saw three beautiful young men crossing in the crosswalk in front of me. One of the men was particularly beautiful without a shirt on - my thought and heart felt, 'Wow, he's beautiful', immediately he looked up at me as if I said it out loud and pointed his finger at me while changing his gate into a swagger and acting exactly like Joey Tribiani on friends said to me as that finger pointed at me with a flirt, 'how YOU doing?:" is that proof?Ah, there's so much more. It's almost as if every thought of mine is picked up by someone else, or I am picking up someone else's thoughts and they are immediately acted out. This is Grace and it's happening all the time, just pay attention. And a word of caution, if you are angry or stuck in an unproductive feeling, it will get acted out by someone immediately. We have free will and this is the key thing to know and remember here.
Gratitude works . . . and so does free will. All the time. You can bank on it, probably better than the economic culture we are changing right now. So don't focus on anything in particular. Just be grateful of the little things, in every moment. If you focus too much on what you want to happen, then you are putting out lack energy on that thing. It won't happen as easily as if you take your focus off that and put it onto what's right in front of you and love and have gratitude for that.
Look around you in this moment and you will see what there is to be grateful for. My books, my desk, my lights, lots of pens to write with, my beautiful fingers gliding across this keyboard, the agility of my fingers, the knowing of where to go as I think, the fresh slightest of breezes that come in the summer night, the sound of the birds singing in the trees, or is that crickets, it can go on and on and on, and what more precious to do than to keep your focus on what is real, you.
Two techniques to build your Gratitude Muscle:
1. When you are laying down from the day, before you go to sleep, go over the things that DID happen and be grateful. When you come across something that didn't get done or happen, let it go and be grateful that tomorrow you will find the solution.
2. Take moments to write what you are grateful for, or, just say in your heart during your day, as you do what you do, what you can be grateful for in each moment. Writing seems to be powerful for some, like me, just re-reading your own words can fill your heart with love. Some people keep a gratitude journal daily.
Words that Heal or Wound
|Posted by Sheryl Jai on May 12, 2014 at 2:10 PM
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The cost of words and the gift of them.
We live in a society where we are desensitized to how we come across to people.
The gift of words can as compelling as a gift or be like a knife, without you even knowing. I submit that everyone walking this earth has dealt with some difficult times in their life.
When you speak to a friend, family member or casual acquaintance, you will never know what may uplift their day or upset them, or trigger them into an old wound. We also have no common language to express our pain and hurt to each other in a socially acceptable, friendly way.
Yes, there are many techniques you can learn, and, how many people will learn the same techniques you do, so that when there is a sticky situation, you both are on the same page?
This situation is one of the places that keep us separated from each other. To me, it has become intolerable and I am looking for a solution – a common way to express when things go awry in a relationship.
In my experience when there is a conflict the old way or typical reaction is for people to run away from each other, take their love and presence away or damage each other further by using more words that wound. Just hearing someone you love or care about say 'I don't want to talk about this' is so hurtful.
So I am looking for the solution within me. Investigating. Asking my divine to help me 'see' clearly and understand my own responsibility to my communication. Where have I hurt others with my words? What have I done to others that hurt them so much they could not talk to me anymore? What have I said that touched an old wound and kept people from relating to me any longer?
The answers come and I change, regularly. Life gives me lots of practice.
When a conflict comes up I look to see how authentic I can be towards myself first. It seems to be working because there are less conflicts between me and others. And the interesting thing is, I notice more happy people around me rather than people in conflict. This slows my reaction and my responses. I'm noticing more. I find that my responses become more loving towards others, because I am checking to see what I need first (which is a loving act towards myself).
Sacred living is the vision that motivates me in life. Within it's very nature are keys to keeping love present. The question is, when will we all have the same goals – to keep relationships honest, authentic, vulnerable and real and deepening to a place where love exists even when there is a wound? What do you say?
If Love is All There is, What is I?
|Posted by Sheryl Jai on April 9, 2014 at 5:20 PM
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From a Oneness Blessing Giver who just passed away, Ed Karlovich, guess blogger
If Love Is All There Is, What Is I?
Where Love is not, I takes over
Love is peace, so I carries anger
Love needs nothing, so I wants and accumulates
Love is now, so I plans and controls
Love is abundant, so I worries
Love is ease, so I is dis-ease
Love is free, so I accepts limitation
Love is joyful, so I is sad
Love flows, so I efforts
Love is complete, so I is not good enough
Love accepts all, so I makes judgments
Love is blissful, so I seeks pleasure and avoids pain
Love is eternal, so I is afraid
Love offers only Love, so I defends
Love watches patiently, so I is anxious
Love is still, so I is in action
Love understands, so I has to "get it"
Love sees only Love, so I sees others
And so it goes... Love allows I to be as I is and simply watches
Why does I have to bring to life what Love does not?
Now always contains the choice:
Love or I Now the human is faced with a choice:
Love or I Life lives freely when I finally cooperates by choosing Love
Those who enjoy the life game being I are not wrong
Those who are not enjoying the game so much may choose to awaken
Open up just enough to give
Love room and recognize the game called life
Life lived awakened to Love is beyond words to describe
The game is so brief
by Edward Karlovich, Jr. May 18, 2012
Martinis or Meditation
|Posted by Sheryl Jai on March 31, 2014 at 8:10 PM
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by guest blogger and Oneness Trainer Margaret Nichols
Polar Vortexes. Worldwide government overthrows. Financial market swings that make Lindsay Lohan look stable.
There's no question there is massive global flux. Great tumult, but also a coinciding collective awakening towards mindfulness and heart-centered living as a way to deal with it. We're reaching for new solutions.
Increasingly popular yoga, meditation, conscious eating and spending, even corporate culture -- mindfulness in every aspect of our lives is raising our consciousness in evolution.
Many of us are put off from beginning or adhering to a spiritual practice because of an innate sense of unworthiness within. In a Catch 22, it's only when we allow ourselves the vulnerability of seeing and being in that unworthiness, that it begins to dissipate.
The higher we rise in consciousness, the less small "s" self we experience, and the more capital "S." (Let's call it higher Self, Source, Universe, you can deem it whatever you want; the intelligence we're connected to which is bigger than us.) The more Big S we have, the more flow in our lives and the more connected we feel to others.
As we let go of the small "self," we become witness to our thoughts. Sounds sorta scary, but it's actually completely and utterly freeing. The pinnacle of this is what yogis for thousands of years have deemed "Mukti" or liberation. Ethereal in concept, yet these days, it's amazingly quite real.
For better or worse, the nature of the mind is to compare and contrast. Much of our lives -- all of our lives -- are spent judging others and ourselves. So often, when we set out to spiritual practices, we want it to look perfect. We feel like frauds if we have too much to drink, lash out in anger or would rather watch Bravo than CNN.
And on the flipside, tightly sewn into Western culture is: you have to be "good" to be spiritual.
I've heard teachers proclaim they refuse to teach a student who "_____." (Fill in the blank for that teacher's personal Achilles heel, whether it's drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, meat.)
It's irrelevant how "good" we are; all we can do is start where we are.
With a gentle awareness and intent to be real, any pattern can be disrupted. We never fix anything that's broken, we only uncover the bliss we inherently are.
Addiction is a total lack of awareness. A person is totally merged with this (misperceived) sense of small self, some call it mind or ego. There's no space between an urge or desire and its execution. Even if the head says, "you shouldn't" there is an involuntary physical action to reach for the cupcake, drug, cigarette, perhaps a less-than-stellar guy or gal.
As we consciously evolve, the more distance we have between these two selves. The small self is inherently more selfish, and the bigger Self is more (literally) self-less.
What's most fascinating is that when we show up, the addictive patterns, thoughts, desires, fall away naturally. There's no need for challenges or willpower. All that's necessary is intent and a soft focus to show up to the mat, the pillow, juice bar.
It's the unconscious that governs these patterns. All of these mindful practices inherently loosen the unconscious patterns so that they can release.
One particular vice I used to have was Vodka. I'm Polish. I was "nursed on it," I joke sometimes. (Like all decent jokes, it's funny because there's probably some truth to it.)
Vodka was my escape: my spiritual kryptonite. With awareness and practice, here is how any pattern frees:
An incident happened where I was set off into a "negative" emotion; we'll call it a "charge."
A charge happened: I went straight to the bar.
(Enter yoga, meditation, blessings, self-reflection, etc.)
A charge happened: (There was an opening, a breath, I saw myself wanting to go straight to the bar. I noticed it was a reaction. There was a space there. I began to see ... I considered not going.) But still: straight to the bar.
Charge: (A few more moments of awareness ... one day ... the decision to sit down to meditation rather then go to the bar.) Then after the meditation: straight to the bar.
And one day, finally: Charge: and sitting down. Dealing with it. Being with it. Being able to finally be in the reality of the moment. Not needing to go to the bar.
After that day, I've been able to enjoy martinis because I wanted to. Not because I needed them. Not to mention, they're far less frequent.
Of course I'm not saying it's admirable or necessary to drink to grow one's consciousness, all I am saying is, it's possible. Obviously for addictions that are life-threateningly dangerous, abstinence and medical supervision should be involved.
But for the rest of us -- most are addicted slightly to one thing or another. We know our vices. Yet, whatever you resist, persists. So if it gets you to the mat, the practice, the meditation, that book that you feel drawn to, if it helps, keep martinis on the menu. Soon enough we'll need them less and less. Na zdrowie and Namaste.
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