Atrocities in the Gay Netherlands World

Those of you who decide to take a trip to the Netherlands beware. This is a horrible tragedy one that might not be so easily done if the was more acceptance and more opportunities for a longterm accepted commitment possibility for everyone no matter what their sexual orientation or who their life partner choice was same or different sex. But in any case this is a very sick and depraved thing to do to people no matter who they are or what orientational life style they may have. I found it on the ABC news
Dutch shock over gay HIV rape gang
A homosexual gang that allegedly raped victims lured on the Internet, drugged them and infected them with the HIV virus has shocked the Netherlands and raised questions over its liberal sex culture.
Health Minister Ab Klink called the case "horrible", as the press splashed the news across its front pages.
The matter came to light ON Wednesday, when police said they had arrested three seropositive homosexual men two weeks ago after four victims, men aged 25 to 50, accused them of rape and premeditated bodily harm.
Ronald Zwarter, the police chief in the northern town of Groningen, where the alleged crimes took place, said two of those arrested, a couple aged 48 and 33, had confessed.
"Their stated motive was that it excited them - and also that, the more HIV-infected people there were, the better their chances of unprotected sex," he said.
"They considered unprotected relations to be 'pure'."
A fourth man who allegedly supplied the three suspects with several litres of the date-rape drug GHB and ecstasy tablets was also arrested.
The gang risks up to 16 years in prison.
According to police and prosecutors, eight more victims have come forward since the case was publicised.
Officials said the three seropositive men invited men contacted on the Internet to private homosexual orgies.
When the victims turned up, they were allegedly given ecstasy and GHB (which is undetectable when mixed in drinks), leaving them helpless and, in some cases, with no memory of what happened.
The three suspects - one of whom is a male nurse - were said to have raped the men, and even injected some of them with a mix of their contaminated blood.
The case has deeply unsettled the Netherlands, and caused it to cast a hard look at its easygoing views on sex, with some figures suggesting that frequent homosexual orgies posed a public health risk.
"That homos organise orgies is nothing new, but this is something else. This is unimaginable," said Frank van Dalen, the president of a gay rights group called COC.
Henk Krol, the editor of a homosexual magazine titled Gaykrant, said: "These people were drugged, it's therefore rape, pure and simple. It's shameful, disgusting and terrifying. Those who did this are crazy."

CELLULAR MEMORY & ZANGFU THEORY

In Western Medicine the brain houses the mindb but in Chinese medicine the heart houses the mind, which one could be right? I believe both are interrelated, if you have a heart problem usually your mind is affected. But and interesting research article was written y Attilio P. D'Alberto attiliodalberto@yahoo.co.uk 26 Tempsford Close, Enfield, Middlesex EN2 7EP, UK, that I wanted to share. The name of it is called Cellular Memory & ZangFu Theory.

INTRODUCTION

“Cellular memory” is defined as the capacity of living tissue cells to memorise and recall characteristics of the body from which they originated. Organ transplantation has applied the advances of technologically driven orthodox medicine for more than 50 years. However, its only in recent years that the recipients of donated organs have begun to report strange phenomena - atypical newfound memories, thoughts, emotions and preferences that are uncharacteristic, i.e. that “seem not to belong” to the recipient. These phenomena are new and often upsetting to the organ recipient; they are perceived to “belong” to their donor. How could this be, and has the phenomenon of “cellular memory” any applications in medicine?

Host rejection of donated organs is commonplace; with considerable failure rates. Orthodox medicine uses potent immunosuppressive drugs and other technologies to prevent organ rejection. Does the phenomenon of “cellular memory” elicit the cause of organ rejection. If so, are there any applications to prevent or treat organ rejection?

The Huang Di Nei Jing (Yellow Emperor’s Internal Medicine Classic) is the oldest and most important medical book to originate from China. Its author and origin is unknown, but is thought to have been written during the Warring States period (475- 221 BC) by numerous authors (Yanchi 1995, p2). The basic foundations of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) came from this ancient classic, comprised of two books - the Suwen “Plain Questions” and the Lingshu “Miraculous Pivot”. The Huang Di Nei Jing introduced Five-Element Theory, Yin-Yang Theory, external and internal causes of disease, Zangfu (Organ & Viscus) pathology and physiology, the interaction of Qi-Xue (Energy and Blood) and the Jing-Luo-Mai (Channels, Collaterals and Extraordinary Vessels) system. All subsequent texts built upon the foundations laid down by the Huang Di Nei Jing. As was the case more than 2000 years ago, the theories of the Huang Di Nei Jing still are the core of Chinese (and all related) clinical practice today. Can Zangfu Theory, as proposed in the Huang Di Nei Jing, shed new light on these modern findings known as cellular memory? The aim of this paper is to answer that question.

DISCUSSION

The Zangfu consist of 5 Yin (Zang, solid) organs and 5 Yang (Fu, hollow) organs. Each Yin organ (Zang) has a function, an element, an associated Fu (Yang organ), taste, emotion, spirit, tone, planet, animal, season, colour, etc. Appendix A summarises these correspondences. Within this paper we shall direct our focus to each Zang organ's emotion and spirit in relation to cellular memory. Table 1 summarises the relationships. However, in orthodox medicine, it is mainly the heart, lung, liver and kidneys (HT, LU, LV, KI), the solid Zang (Yin) organs that are transplanted.

TCM is a holistic medicine that views the body-mind-spirit as one and is based upon the theory of Yin and Yang as introduced by the Huang Di Nei Jing. Yin and Yang originates from original Qi. Original Qi or Yuan Qi, originally transformed into the Qi of heaven and earth and underlies the entire theoretical infrastructure of Chinese medicine. In its primordial state, the existence of original Qi meant that all things were One. The Qi of Yin and Yang retains this connective or unifying potential (Zhang and Rose 1999, p50).

In Yin-Yang theory, everything within the world is made-up of two opposing forces, each containing the seed of its opposite (Figure 1). The seed or eye grows at equal rates within each sphere until it limits are achieved. This allows a constant state of dynamic flux and balance. As Suwen, Chapter 5, states: "Yin-Yang principles guide all things. In the mutual victory or defeat of Yin-Yang, the situation will be of numerous varieties, so, Yin-Yang are the parents of variations “(Wu and Wu 1997, p31). Rephrased, this says that Yin-Yang interaction shapes everything and decides all outcomes. All situations and things of any kind depend on the relative strength or weakness of Yin and/or Yang, i.e. Yin-Yang interaction is the origin of all change or no change; it decides the outcome of everything. Everything on earth and in heaven is created from Qi and the qualities of Qi as described by Yin and Yang are rigorously expressed in all creation (Zhang and Rose 1999, p67). Therefore, everything contains the essence (seed) of the whole.

Yin-Yang theory is the same as its modern western equivalent; the holographic principle and is the basis of cellular communication with the body-mind in dynamic interplay. As Gerber (1996, p48-9) points out, the holographic principle prescribes to the theory that “every piece contains the whole” and can be seen in the cellular structure of all living bodies. It is well known that every cell contains a copy of the master DNA blueprint. From these two identical theories, we may conclude that although each Zang organ contains its own function, emotion, spirit and so forth, each organ contains the functional essence of all the characteristics of the Zangfu organs and the body as a whole. After Yin and Yang the three treasures, Jing, Qi and Shen, can be understood as the next stratum of complexity in the taxonomic organization of phenomena on Chinese philosophical and medical traditions (Zhang and Rose 1999, p66).

As shown in Table 1, Heart houses the Shen (mind). As Pearce (cited in Mercogliano and Debus 1999) points out, the idea that we can think with our hearts is no longer just a metaphor, but is, in fact, a very real phenomenon. We now know this because the combined research of two or three fields is proving that the heart is the major centre of intelligence in human beings. Molecular biologists have discovered that the heart is the body's most important endocrine gland. In response to our experience of the world, it produces and releases a major hormone, ANF (Atriol Neuriatic Factor), that effects every operation in the limbic structure, or what we refer to as the emotional brain. This includes the hippocampal area where memory and learning take place, and also the control centres for the entire hormonal system. Neurocardiologists have found that 60 to 65% of the cells of the heart are actually neural cells, not muscle cells as was previously believed. They are identical to the neural cells in the brain, operating through the same connecting links called ganglia, with the same axonal and dendritic connections that take place in the brain, as well as through the very same kinds of neurotransmitters found in the brain.
Quite literally, in other words, there is a brain (Shen) in the heart, whose ganglia are linked to every major organ in the body, to the entire muscle spindle system that uniquely enables humans to express their emotions. About half of the hearts neural cells are involved in translating information sent to it from all over the body so that it can keep the body working as one harmonious whole. And the other half make up a very large, unmediated neural connection with the emotional brain in our head and carry on a twenty-four-hour-a-day dialogue between the heart and the brain that we are not even aware of (Mercogliano and Debus 1999).

The heart responds to messages sent to it from the emotional brain (limbic structure), which has been busy monitoring the interior environment of dynamic states such as the emotions and the auto-immune system, guiding behaviour and contributing to our sense of personal identity. The emotional brain makes a qualitative evaluation of our experience of this world and sends that information instant-by-instant down to the heart. In return, the heart exhorts the brain to make the appropriate response. In other words, the responses that the heart makes, effects the entire human system (Mercogliano and Debus 1999). Looking selectively at the spirit and emotion of the Zang, we can see that each organ “houses” its own respect spirit and emotion (Table 1). Based upon the theory of Yin and Yang each Zang organ also houses the essence of all the other organ's emotion and spirit within the body. For example the HT in TCM, “houses” the Shen (mind) and is the organ that controls all the Zangfu. This is because it also “houses” the seed or essence of the rest of the Zangfu and the body as a whole. The Suwen chapter 8 stated that: "Heart is the sovereign of all organs and represents the consciousness of one's being. It is responsible for intelligence, wisdom, and spiritual transformation" (Maoshing 1995, p34). An analogy would be that of a computer. The Zangfu are the hardware, the emotions and belief systems are the software, the mind or Shen is the operating system and the brain is the microchip.

Biophysicists have discovered that the heart is also a very powerful electromagnetic generator. It creates an electromagnetic field that encompasses the body and extends out anywhere from eight to twelve feet away from it. It is so powerful that you can take an electrocardiogram reading from as far as three feet away from the body. The field the heart produces is holographic, meaning that you can read it from any point on the body and from any point within the field (Mercogliano and Debus 1999).
No matter how microscopic the sample is, you can receive the information of the entire field. The intriguing thing is how profoundly this electromagnetic field effects the brain. All indications are that it furnishes the whole radio wave spectrum from which the brain draws its material to create our internal experience of the world. Perhaps most importantly, we now know that the radio spectrum of the heart is profoundly affected by our emotional response to our world. Our emotional response changes the hearts electromagnetic spectrum, which is what the brain feeds on. Ultimately, everything in our lives hinges on our emotional response to specific events (Mercogliano and Debus 1999).
Since the seed (cell) contains the whole then we need to look closer at what actually makes up the cells of the Zangfu. The word “cell” derives from the Latin “cellula” meaning “small chamber”. Every cell is 99.999% empty space with sub-atomic bundles of energy travelling through it at the speed of light (http://www.cellularmemory.net/cmr.htm 2002).

As Gerber (1996, p69) points out at the quantum level of subatomic particles, all matter is literally frozen, particularized energy fields (i.e. frozen light). Complex aggregates of matter (i.e. molecules) are really specialized energy fields. Just as light has a particular frequency or frequencies, so does matter have frequency characteristics as well. The higher the frequency of matter, the less dense, or more subtle the matter. Yin and Yang are in essence light. They make up everything that is matter, i.e. the physical cells, when light vibrates at a lower frequency and everything non- matter, i.e. the emotions and spirits, when light vibrates at a higher frequency. The emotions and spirits metaphorically trickle down from the non-physical to the physical cells via the transportation of light.

When an organ, i.e. the HT, is transplanted, the energy or cellular memory housed in the cells of the tissues also carries the higher frequencies of light (energy held within the forces of Yin and Yang). This can be attributed to Einstein's infamous equation, E=mc2. This viewpoint sees the human being as a multidimensional organism made up of physical/cellular systems in dynamic interplay with complex regulatory energetic fields (Gerber 1996, p68). If each cell contains 99.999% energy then the cell is in essence light. This allows the cell to contain the seed of the whole organism, as applied to the holographic principle. Each of the Zang spirits can also contain the seed of each other and are therefore able to communicate with each other at a higher frequency of light. If a heart is transplanted, the memory at the cellular level and at the spiritual level, the Shen, will be moved with the donated organ. In addition, the cellular essence or seed of the remaining Zang organs and their relative spirit will also be transplanted with the HT. Literally, the seed of the Hun, Yi, Po and Zhi housed in the other Zang organs will be transported to the recipient of the donated organ. The Shen of the HT is the sovereign of consciousness and in essence is made of higher frequencies of light. This is reiterated in Chuang Tzu's “The Fasting of the Heart”, (cited in Diebschlag, 1997): "Look at this window; it is nothing but a hole in the wall, but because of it the whole room is full of light. So when the faculties are empty, the heart is full of light. Being full of light it becomes an influence by which others are secretly transformed".

The theory of neuro-transmitted-emotions is further supported by Pert. She states that peptides and other informational substances are the biochemical’s of emotion (1999, p141). This theory is further supported by Pearsall, Schwartz and Russek (2002, p191-192). They suggest that the recurrent feedback loop of energy exists in all atomic, molecular and cellular systems and store information and energy to various degrees. Supporting evidence appears in the study by Miles Herkenham (cited in Pert, 1999, p139) that less than 2 percent of neuronal communication actually occurs at the synapse. If so then in-actual-fact the communication of various parts of the organism to other parts of the body is conducted by the release of emotions that are stored in the body via the release of neuropeptide ligands, and that memories are held in their receptors (Pert 1999, p147). Neuropeptides are found all over the body; HT, LU, brain etc. When a receptor is flooded with a ligand, it changes the cell membrane in such a way that the probability of an electrical impulse travelling across the membrane where the receptor resides is facilitated or inhibited, thereafter affecting the choice of neuronal circuitry that will be used (Pert 1999, p143). By affecting the route of the neuronal circuitry, a different emotion is initiated.

The study by Schwartz and Russek (1997, 1998a, 1998b, cited in Pearsall et al. 2002, p192) gives more evidence that the recipient’s rejection process of a transplanted organ, may reflect not only rejection of the material organ (the cellular component), but also rejection of the donated cellular memory (the information and energy stored within the transplanted donor cells). If it is correct, this theory has profound implications for the use of TCM in recipients of donated organ-transplants. As Pert (1999, p141 and 192) states, emotional expression is always tied to a specific flow of peptides in the body, repressed traumas caused by overwhelming and chronically suppressed emotions (especially those involved in the traumatic experience of death) result in a massive disturbance of the psychosomatic network and can be stored in a body part.

All of the following are reports taken from donor's relatives and recipients who have undergone HT transplantation. It is worth noting that these reports involve a major incident in a person’s life and are therefore very vivid. Most organ transplant organ recipients are often too ecstatic at the prospect of living a ‘normal’ life to notice cellular memory phenomena, but some still report having to get used to the ‘acnes and pains’ of a new body part.

The first report comes from a 19-year-old donor who was killed in an automobile accident. The recipient was a 29-year-old woman diagnosed with cardiomyopathy secondary to endocarditis. The donor's mother reported that before her daughter died she kept saying how she could feel the impact of the car hitting them. The HT recipient reported that she could actually feel the accident that her donor had been in (Pearsall et al 2002, p198).

This report corresponds to Maciocia's (1993, p11) theory that the mind (and therefore the heart) can “feel” them the emotions. Although from a holographic perspective (along with Yin and Yang) all the Zang related emotions and spirits of the donor, especially the strong final emotions of her injury that lead to her death, will be transplanted within the HT cells. Maciocia (1993, p11) goes on to explain that the emotions affects all the other organs too, but it is only the mind that actually recognizes and feels them. Only the HT can feel it because it stores Shen (the mind), which is responsible for insight. This is an accurate account of the HT. But viewed from the holographic/Yin-Yang perspective, the HT contains the essence of all emotions housed within the body. The HT transplantation will also bring about the transplantation of the other Zang characteristics, just as a KI transplant would bring its prevailing emotion and spirit. Suwen, Chapter 8, reiterated the importance of the HT: "As the heart is the monarch in the organs, it dominates the functions of the various viscera" (Wu and Wu 1997, p56).

The second report refers to a 34-year-old donor, a police officer, killed while trying to arrest a drug dealer. The recipient was a 56-year-old college professor diagnosed with atherosclerosis and ischemic heart disease. The donor's wife reported that a man with long hair and a beard shot her husband in the face. The last thing he must have seen was a terrible flash. The recipient reported that he began to have dreams a few weeks after his HT transplant. He would see a flash of light right in front of his face that began to feel really hot and would burn. He would then get a flash of a Jesus-like man just before the flash of light (Pearsall et al 2002, p202). Again, we can see that the HT transplant carried memories of the donor. Could it also be that the Hun (ethereal soul) “housed” in the LV has apart of itself in the HT and that the traumatised Hun, unable to express its suppressed emotion (due to the death of its host), must express it within the recipient’s body, via the Shen?

CONCLUSION
Recent medical literature has begun to publish this fact that recipients of transplanted organs report strange phenomena after surgery, including atypical newfound memories, thoughts, emotions and preferences that are uncharacteristic, i.e. that “seem not to belong” to the recipients. However, to explain how and why the phenomena arise, orthodox researchers suggest that the use of immunosuppressant drugs and the stress of surgery modulate brain perception; this altered perception causes the patient to imagine the phenomena. In other words, the phenomena are imaginary, neurochemically-induced, and as unreal as those of a “bad trip” experienced by a person under the influence of a psychotropic drug, such as LSD or alcohol.

I disagree that the phenomena are imaginary, induced by the drugs or surgical stress. I suggest that transferred cellular memory may explain them. The concept of organs having emotions, and therefore memories, has existed for thousands of years but orthodox researchers have difficulty accepting that the concept could be true.

It is important to continue researching this area, because the reality of “organ memory”, if it can be confirmed, has profound medical implications, such as:

· Can TCM assist recipients of donated organs to overcome “transferred cellular memories” that upset them? For example can TCM help recipients with dream-disturbed sleep, as in the second report, and release or balance the unexpressed emotion of their donors?
· Based on the theory that organ rejection may relate partly to the rejection of adverse “transferred cellular memories”, can TCM play a role in overcoming the rejection of donated organs?


Acknowledgements: I thank Phil Rogers MRCVS, Dublin, Ireland for his comments and suggestions.




























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Table 1. Elements, Zangfu relationships, Emotions, Spirits and Spirit Acupoints*
Element Fire earth metal/Air Water Wood
Zang (Yin Organ) HT SP LU KI LV
Related Fu (Yang Organ)SI ST LI BL GB
Emotion Joy Pensiveness Grief Fear Anger
Spirit Shen-Mind Yi-Intellect Po-Corporeal Soul Zhi-Will Hun-EtherealSoul
Spirit Pt Shentang-BL44 Yishe-BL49 Pohu-BL42 Zhishi-BL52 Hunmen--BL47
*TCM practitioners apply acupuncture, moxibustion, tuina, or other stimuli at these points to normalise dysfunction of the related emotion or spirit

The Eight Principles of Oriental Medicine

1. Yin / Yang
2. Cold / Hot
3. Internal / External
4. Deficiency / Excess
It is actually four principles and their opposites, but it is considered eight principles because of their opposites. Acupuncturist and Oriental Medicine practitioners use the Eight Guiding Principles to analyze and differentiate the energetic imbalances in the body or the nature of a patient’s condition. The eight guiding principles actually consist of four polar opposites: yin/yang, cold/hot, deficiency (xu)/excess (shi), and interior/external. These eight principles are the concepts used in evaluation for treatment: [1]

Yin/Yang: These principles are the generalization of the above opposites, and a condition can be categorized in terms of the relative dominance of either yin or yang. In Chinese medicine, all organisms have both yin and yang qualities and a balance of the two are necessary for good health. In general, yin energy is associated with cold, female energy, and represents the solid organs. Yang is associated with hot, male energy, and represents the hollow organs. Chronic illness is seen as yin, while acute illness is seen as yang.[2]
Cold/Hot: This principle is used to determine the overall energy of the patient. A cold condition would be one marked by a slow metabolism, chills, pale skin, and a low-grade fever, while a hot condition would be characterized by a heightened metabolism, sensations of heat in the body, high fevers, and a flushed complexion.[3]
Internal/External: This principle describes symptoms in terms of the location of the patient’s problem. External conditions are those caused by the invasion of the body by pathogens, and are usually acute and superficially located with a short duration. External symptoms are those that affect the hair, skin, muscles, joints, peripheral nerves and blood vessels. Internal conditions result from pathogens that enter the interior of the body. Internal symptoms affect the organs, deep vessels and nerves, brain, spinal cord, and bones.[4]
Deficiency/Excess: This principle describes the strength of an illness. A deficient condition would be viewed as a lack of blood (such as in anemia), energy (Qi), heat, or fluids. Chronic illness would fall in this category. An excess condition, by contrast, means that the body has too much of something, such as Qi or blood. An acute condition would be seen as an excess condition.[5]
Qi and blood (xue) are related to each other directly. Qi is the Commander (The Charioteer) of the Xue and Xue is the mother of Qi. When one is affected, they both are affected and they flow together. A patient with hot skin, a rapid strong pulse, who is suffering night sweats with a burnt smell, may have an internal yang excess condition, producing full heat. A patient with cold skin, weak pulse, and sunken eyes, may have an internal yin excess, producing full cold. The patient would be treated with cooling tonifying herbs and acupuncture needles to tonify and release some of the excess yang and heat to cool the internal body. The second patient would be treated with moxa and acupuncture and warm herbs to strength the yang and decrease the yin. This principle can also be used in personality types such as an angry person would be more yang with excess liver qi. A depressed personality type would be more yin, with excess yin and deficient yang, more internal aspects versus the external type of the yang personality.
[1] http://www.amfoundation.org/tcm.htm
[2] http://www.amfoundation.org/tcm.htm
[3] http://www.amfoundation.org/tcm.htm
[4] http://www.amfoundation.org/tcm.htm
[5] http://www.amfoundation.org/tcm.htm

The Four Exams of Oriental Medicine

Ideally the true practitioner leads an exemplary life, does no harm, ignores the wealth of the patient, has compassion for life, and looks upon the sufferer as if he himself had been stricken. A good practitioner of Oriental Medicine is curious about the patient, and will want to know details about his/her way of life. Disease is rooted in the life of the patient, so the practitioner must be a detective, sifting clues in order to solve the mystery. The practitioner may administer herbs or acupuncture, and the practitioner may practice philosophy, offering insight to reveal the cause and permit the cure. The practitioner diagnoses according to the Four Examinations or the Four Concepts of Exam
1. Looking - The practitioner observes the patient. Body tone, gait, skin, facial expression, emotional tone, and mannerisms are noted. The practitioner looks carefully at the tongue. The heart revealed at the tip, the kidneys at the root. The color and appearance of the tongue and tongue coating show what may be hidden; revealing hot from cold, damp from dry; and true from false.
2. Listening -The practitioner must be attentive to the patient's story and history, putting aside preconceptions. The practitioner listens to the patient's voice, noting its volume and clarity, as well as manner of speaking and use of language.
3. Smelling and tasting -The practitioner may ask the about the patient’s body odors and tastes. Odors and tastes are clues. Strong tastes and odors or can be signs of heat, toxicity or digestive stagnation.
4. Touching - The practitioner will feel the pulse on both wrists. Besides noting its rate, rhythm, and overall strength, practitioner may note the type of pulse. Texts classify the pulse into at least twenty-eight types. Some of the common types are wiry (feels tense, like a wire), thready (feels thin, like a thread), deep (strong pressure required to feel it), short (slow and irregular), slippery (feels like a bubble moving). By touching the patient in this way, the practitioner senses something of the internal condition of the patient. The patient may not tell the whole truth, but the pulse never lies.[1]
The taste concept (which would actually be a fifth) is also no longer used by the practitioner personally, but in ancient times Asian practitioners tasted the urine. These concepts are used to get the macrocosm of the patient, where as, western medicine uses the microcosm to view the patient. These four concepts of exam are used in conjunction with the eight principles to diagnose and treat the patient. A patient, who is agitated, sweaty, and nervous, looking in many directions, is observed by looking at the patient. The patient is asked questions and doesn’t answer appropriately in a hoarse deep voice, is observed by listening to the patient. A rapid, inconsistent, and strong, pulse, and skin which is hot and damp, are all felt by touching the patient. The patient whom has a putrid burnt smell would be observed by smelling the patient. All these observations assist in the whole picture of the patient. What is going on in the patient’s life? How s/he is feeling and how are their thought processes and moods? Are they able to focus? Are they happy, Nervous, Fearful? All this information gives the practitioner a clue into how to help the patient to achieve balance and what treatment would work best. A patient with heat and phlegm symptoms brought on by stress and would be treated for heat and phlegm but also for stress. Along with a suggestion of life-style change may be in order or a modification in life-style like mediation, a vacation or a decrease in working hours. A patient with heat symptoms would not be treated with moxa because it would further aggravate the problem.
[1] http://www.drshen.com/traditionalchinesemedicine.html#whattoexpect

How the three main philosophies of China have each influenced Oriental Medicine in their own way.

Buddhism started in India and India was using Ayurvedic medicine. The practices in India concentrated on the three Doshas and yoga. Buddhism spread to China where it developed into other off shoots. From China was developed the Nei Jing and Acupuncture medicine and later Herbology was developed from “Shang Han Lun”. Buddhist practiced meditation, which developed Energy work “Qi Gong” and later Reiki, which uses Qi Gong energy. The Tibetan medical system is one of the world's oldest known medical traditions, with their history going back approximately 2500 years. There are many well-established practices, such as applying residual barley from Chung (Tibetan Beer) on swellings, drinking hot water in the case of indigestion, and using melted butter for bleeding and wounds. These practices developed from experience and formed the basis for the development of the art of healing in Tibet. During the pre-Buddhist era, there were also religious and cultural influences from the indigenous Bon tradition.[1] The Tibetans Buddhist focused on the three treasures, Mind, Qi, and Essence (Shen, Qi, and Jing). Tibetan medicine like Chinese medicine is integral system spirit, mind, and body. And it is thought of as another way of practicing Chinese medicine in the old tradition. The practice of the Tao, which is a whole system of how to eat, how to combine food, breathing, exercise, meditation, and tantric like sex of withholding sperm. It also has the Kama Sutra manual of how to satisfy a woman and what signs to recognize of when she will climax. All of the Tao practices were to live a longer healthier life, by nurturing the mind, body and spirit. The most coveted is to withhold sperm or the essence, especially in males. What developed in Chinese medicine is Allopathic and Homeopathic medicine. The basis of Chinese medicine is balance and harmony of Yin and Yang; this represents the correct 'way' or Tao. Disharmony brings disease and death. Taoism is a passive philosophy, exalting the art of detailed and accurate observations. This was also an essential part of the development of Chinese medical thought and allowed detailed observations on organ meridians and function to be made. Taoism sought to promote the inner peace of individuals and harmony with their surroundings. Confucianism, based on the teachings and writings of the philosopher Confucius, is an ethical system that sought to teach the proper way for all people to behave in society. Each relationship; husband-wife, parents-children, ruler-subjects--involved a set of obligations which, if upheld, would lead to a just and harmonious society. Following his teachings would also promote a stable, lasting government.[2] Each branch of Chinese of religion took practices from the other, Buddhism was more of a traditional religion with rituals, and its followers attended occasional services, practiced rituals, and supported a temple on a regular basis. Tao was a practice that maintains balance inside the individual, Confucianism was to maintain balance in his outside by guarding his behavior, and Buddhism was to nourish his spirit, [3]all of these developed into an integral system in the Chinese culture. Together all three contributed to the mind, body and the spirit of each individual and the Chinese society. Chinese medicine finally was introduced to Japan, as well as, Buddhism. Japan, subsequently integrated and developed it along with their energy medicine, Hara, and Kampo.
[1] www.tibetmed.org/history.htm
[2] academic.Brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/texts/chinrelg.html
[3]academic.Brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/texts/chinrelg.html

The Five Element Theory in Relation to Mind, Body And Spirit

The Yin and Yang theory together with the Five-element theory constitutes the basis of Chinese medical theory. It is also thought to be Wu Xing, “Wu meaning five and Xing meaning movement. Each element corresponds to an organ meridian and each organ meridian corresponds to emotions, seasons, numbers, elementals, sound, color, direction, planet, animal, tissues, tastes, yin, yang, and spiritual aspect. See table:
Element
Wood
Fire
Earth
Metal
Water
Season
Spring
Summer
Late Summer
Fall/Autumn
Winter
Direction
East
South
Center
West
North
Color
Green
Red
Yellow
White
Black
Taste
Sour
Bitter
Sweet
Pungent(Spicy)
Salty
climate
Wind
Heat
Dampness
Dryness
Cold
Growth Phase, Development Stage
Birth
Growth, Puberty
Transformation, Maturity
Harvest, Retirement
Storage,Senility, Decay, Death
Number
8
7
5
9
6
Planet
Jupiter
Mars
Saturn
Venus
Mercury
Yin-Yang
Lesser Yang
Utmost Yang
Center
Lesser Yin
Utmost Yin
Animal
Fish
Bird
Human
Mammals
Shell-covered
Domestic Animal
Sheep
Fowl
Ox
Dog
Pig
Grain
Wheat
Beans
Rice
Hemp
Millet
Zang (Yin Organ)
LV-Liver
HT-Heart
SP-Spleen
LU-Lung
K-Kidney
Zang Function
Stores Blood regulates the flow of Qi; controls sinews
Governs Blood, controls blood vessels
Governs Transformation and transportation; controls blood, controls muscles, and the four limbs
Governs Qi and respiration, controls channels, and blood vessels, controls dispersing and descending, regulates water passages
Stores Jing-essence; governs birth, growth,reproduction and development produces marrow, fills the brain and controls bones, governs water, controls Qi reception
Emotion
Anger
Joy
Pensiveness
Grief
Fear, Terror, Fright
Spirit
Hun-Ethereal Soul
Shen-Mind
Yi-intellect
Po-Corporeal Soul
Zhi-Will
Related Fu (Yang Organ)
GB-Gallbladder
SI-Small Intestine
ST-Stomach
LI-Large Intestine
BL-Bladder
Fu Functions
Stores and excretes bile, controls judgement, controls sinews
Controls receiving and transforming separates fluids
Controls rotting and ripening of food, controls transportation of food essences and Qi descent
Receives from the Small Intestine reabsorbs good stuff and excretes bad stuff
Removes water by Qi transformation
Typical Sounds
Shouting
Laughing
Singing
Crying
Groaning
Opens Into Sense Organ
Eyes
Tongue
Mouth
Nose
Ears
Sense
Sight
Speech
Taste
Smell
Hearing
Tissue Governed
Sinews
Vessels
Flesh, Muscles
Skin, pores
Bones, Teeth "Marrow" (spinal cord, brain)
Related Bodily Action
Body Movement
Qi-Xue movement
Body Strength, power
Respiration, excretion
Stability (Physical & Mental)
Note/Tone
Jue-E
Zhi-G
Gong-C
Shang-D
Yu-A
Spirit Acupoint
Shentang-Spirit Hall-BL44
Yishe-Idea Abode-BL49
Pohu-BL42
Zhishi-Will Chamber-BL52
Hunmen-Soul Gate-BL47

Chinese elements were as basic constituents of matter and basic qualities of natural phenomena or movements, as well as basic constituents of nature as well. During the Warring States period it was immensely popular and was applied to medicine, astrology, the natural sciences, the calendar, music and even politics. Its popularity was such that most phenomena were classified in fives.[1] There are the five Shens, which means five spirits:
SHEN = FIRE
YI = EARTH
PO = METAL
ZHI = WATER
HUN = WOOD
Shen means mind and the mind is housed in the heart, the kidney houses the will but also the kidney essence jing determines the strength of the mind. If the kidney jing is weak it leads to a weak mind. If it is from pre-heaven jing than the person may be; mentally challenged or a poor memory, pre-mature graying of hair or impotent. Yi is intellect and that is housed in the earth or the stomach, and the spleen qi relates to pensiveness. Po means the corporeal Soul and is housed in the lungs. The lungs govern qi and respiration, when the lung qi is stagnant then it affects many organs especially the liver, which is responsible for the flow of Qi and storage of blood, as well as housing the Hun meaning the Ethereal Soul. Each element has a generating cycle (also known as the Mother-Child relationship) and a controlling cycle (also known as the Grandmother controlling the grandchild relationship) which when maintained results in a balance healthy individual. There are two pathological cycles that occur that promote disease or imbalances, called the Over-controlling and the Insulting phases. See chart:[2]

A patient with mental disturbances usually has a red tipped tongue signifying heat in the heart which house the mind. The eyes are usually murky or foggy signifying an imbalance usually in the kidneys, although the liver qi is responsible for the eyes. A problem with the eyes may be from another organ meridian imbalance. Water controls fire and fire insults water, if fire is out of balance it means that there is a possible deficiency in Heart yin and possible excess in heart yang. If a person also has signs of being paranoid and fearful it would also support this hypothesis. If the person is angry then it would be an imbalance in the wood. In the spiritual sense Fire deals with joy and ecstasy, the evils or imbalances would be excess fire to lead to a hyper personality, empty fire depression, deficiency sadness, panic, which would affect the lung qi. Wood is the element of creativity, hun or ethereal soul, creativity and manifestation. A person who stifles their creativity may show signs of anger and dissatisfaction, by stifling their creativity it also stifles the liver qi. They will be prone to phlegm in the lungs from the stagnation of liver qi. (Wood insults metal) To treat this patient it is best to treat the imbalances first and add the Shentang-spirit Hall BL44 for the spirit Acupoint, while inquiring about they creative outlets and encouraging a creative outlet. The gallbladder deals with the ability to make decisions and is related to the liver. It could be a possibility that the patient can’t make a decision about taking action on an idea in that situation the kidney should also be treated to strengthen the will and decrease the fear. A wo/man who has a loss of a spouse may have an imbalance of Lung qi usually a deficiency because of grief. This could result in heat in the lungs and phlegm (Fire over-controlling metal)
Along with the treatment for heat by tonifying, zhishi-will chamber BL52 and Hunmen-Soul Gate BL47, and a referral for a clinical counselor for grief should be given as well as, advisement to join more social groups. A stiff, staunched personality with a lot of repressive personality traits usually shows up in our bodies. This personality type usually has problems with flexibility physically as well as emotionally. Their life will have a lot of pains and traumas both physically and spiritually. It is very important to balance the mind in body but not only in exercise and eating right. But meditation, allowing yourself the ability to express your personality without repression from society or fear is very important. In my personal experience there was always a reason why I could not see my dream to of becoming a Acupuncturist and Oriental medicine practitioner come to fruition. Finally my body started to show the signs of stagnation of manifestation. I gained a lot of weight, and I had a heart attack, my health was very poor. But this year I made a list of goals I wanted to accomplish this year and my health is improving, as the list gets shorter and shorter as each thing manifests. One of those goals was to apply to Acupuncture school, it almost look like I was not going to get in and I was panicked about that but I decided I would not give up and that I would look for another school. But then I was accepted at the last minute and I was in a state of shock, since I had to change my whole life in a weekend. Consequently my Qi stagnated and my lungs developed phlegm and I had to be treated several times with acupuncture and herbs. I suffered from floats in my eyes, coughing up phlegm, night sweats, and lack of focus. But with the combination of the herbs and multiple acupuncture treatments, as well as my list getting smaller I am reaching back to balance. On my chart I have the correspondence for each spiritual point for each element, which can help, stimulate each element on the spiritual level but it is important to also to talk with the patient to find a solution that they can effect in their life to regain the balance they are lacking that has cause their imbalance. Many times the illness is a result of the family unit and the relationship interactions in that family unit. In that case it is best to separate the patient from that family unit to assist in relieving the imbalance and maintaining the harmonious balance.
[1] Foundations of Chinese Medicine, Giovanni Maciocia
[2] groups.yahoo.com/ChineseHealing/photos

Confucius

Confucianism is an ethical and philosophical system based upon the teachings of the Chinese sage named Confucius. Confucius' philosophy was predominately a moral and political one.[1] It was founded on the belief that heaven and earth coexist in harmony and balanced strength, whilst maintaining a perpetual dynamism. Human beings, he taught, are sustained by these conditions and must strive to emulate the cosmic model.[2] It developed in the Warring States period, or “Spring and Autumn” period, 722-479 B.C.E. Most of his teachings dealt with the human world, rather than the ethereal realm and his text were derived from human experience. Whereas, many of the texts of his time period were derived from a more ethereal or the superstition of that time period, such as the Oracle Bone inscriptions of the late Shang dynasty. From 551-479 Confucius developed six texts, but the actual accepted classics are five. The sixth is often mentioned in early writing, the sixth was called the “Music”. Confucius traveled around China to promote his ideas among rulers. But eventually became involved in teaching disciples. Although he was unable to restore world order, as was his wish, his thoughts developed into a vast and complete philosophical system known as Confucianism. Confucius was regarded as the guardian and transmitter of the old literature.[3] It is recorded that Confucius although didn’t write a specific texts he did commentate and further develop many already written or recorded texts, that were written by other Sages. The First of which was the Classic of “Change”, which was from the Han period, which was before Confucius’ time. He wrote a number of appendices or “wings[4]” (commentary and interpretations of the writings). The second classic was the Classic of Documents or Classic of History. This work consisted of commentaries, counsels, speeches and oral reports made by various rulers, and their ministers, from the times of the sages, Yao and Shun. Some of the work dated back as far the Zhou period, which was long before Confucius’ time. Confucius made commentaries and introductions to each work of text. Confucius edited the Classic of Poetry from the Zhou dynasty and the Classic of “Record of Rites”, which, he is credited as being the Compiler and the editor. The “Spring and Autumn” Annals is a classic of chronicle events affecting the state of Lu in the years from 722 to 481 B.C.E.[5] Lu was the native state of Confucius and he complied the Annuals from earlier records in the Lu archives.
Confucius did not write the original texts he studied and worked on. “I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.”(Confucius, Analects) “To learn and from time to time to apply what one has learned, isn't that a pleasure?... Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.” (Confucius, Analects)
But the many of the texts gave him the basis to which to formulate many of his philosophies dealing with the human experience and how to restore order in the world. The study of history is the best way to see how the human race goes wrong and what needs to be changed, so as to not repeat the same errors in judgment. “Study the past if you would define the future.” (Confucius, Analects) Confucius studied a lot of archived information that allow him to see the patterns of human behavior and the consequences. If a person wanted to actually study the real writings or actual saying of Confucius, one would have to read, and study a work named The Analects, which is a short collection of his discussions with disciples, compiled posthumously. These contain an overview of his teachings. Confucius presents himself as a transmitter who invented nothing and his greatest emphasis may be on study, the Chinese character that opens the book.[6] In this respect, Chinese people see him as the Greatest Master. Far from trying to build a systematic theory of life and society, he wanted his disciples to think deeply for themselves and relentlessly study the outside world. For almost two thousand years, Analects had been the fundamental course of study for any Chinese scholar, for a man was not considered morally upright or enlightened if he did not study Confucius' works.
Confucian schools continued to thrive despite some persecution during the Qin Dynasty, in the first century B.C.E., they gained acceptance and Confucian moral laws were thought to be the basis for the structure of society and an example of for future rulers to set standards of government. It also set the proper procedure and etiquette of society. Although Confucius didn’t succeed in his time to restore world order his work and his teachings did restore it in time. All of his works were considered the foremost authority on Chinese history and studied by all of Chinese society. “This equilibrium is the great root from which grow all the human actings in the world, and this harmony is the universal path which they all should pursue.” (Confucius, Doctrine of the Mean)
“Men's natures are alike, it is their habits that carry them far apart.” (Confucius, Analects)
[1] www.spacemotion.com/Philosophy-Confucius-Confucianism.htm
[2] www.spacemotion.com/Philosophy-Confucius-Confucianism.htm
[3] Sources of Chinese Tradition , by Bares and Bloom
[4] Sources of Chinese Tradition , by Bares and Bloom
[5] Sources of Chinese Tradition , by Bares and Bloom
[6] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius

Anonomous Writer (For Those Interested In Alternative Religions And Occult)

I found the following piece interesting and thought I would share it with my readers. The writer asked not to be identified but had much to say. I found their work to relate to just about everything in life. No matter what you believe in you should always accept yourself and everything about you with much love and admiration. After all we are all perfect children of God! Above all love thy self as God loves you.
The Ascension of Power!
I know you want power. But all the power that ever was, is now and will be is here now. You were born with it. It is not about gaining power it is about being able to control the flow and the use of it. I am sorry but I don't believe that an initiation can give you power for a reason. Actual working knowledge and life experience. I have met leaders who were upset with me before I ever came to the craft, because I had what they had an illusion that they wanted. Note I stated illusion, Why? Because it is only an illusion. The original statement in the beginning of all this, all the power that ever was, is now and forever will be is here now. MEDITATE THE FIRST AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF ALL OF THIS. NUMBER 2 DEAL WITH YOUR OWN EMOTIONS AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEM AND ABOVE ALL ACCEPT YOURSELF WITH LOVE AND ADMIRATION! (note: the large letters for emphasis) Why? How can you claim to love the God/dess and not love his/her creation. And if you love his/her creation, why would you not love and accept yourself? Were you not created by the God/dess? How can you say I love the God/dess and you don't love and appreciate yourself? If you want to see the God/dess don't close your eyes. Look in the mirror and see all the possibilities the God/dess has in you. You are a perfect being. Initiated at birth by the one and only. You need not to look for approval from anyone, other than yourself. You don't need a spell, candle or any tools at all to manifest what you wish or desire. That is not a theory or a book I have read, it is an experience that has occurred and occurred over and over in my life. But not just in mine but in many peoples lives, who have nothing to do with witchcraft or any religion at all. I have been initiated into covens, groups, and healing circles. In each there has been an individual(s) in them that decided whether they felt the individual was Quote: " Worthy" . ie the individual was not good enough in the beginning. Books are great and so are teachers for knowledge, but I will let you in on a little secret that really is not a secret, but very few people have figured it out. All the knowledge and guidance you need has always been with you. All you have to do is trust it. The most powerful spells, manifestations and my writing come from within. My visions and premonitions come from within. My God/dess in within me. And so it is within all of you. That is what the rebirth of witchcraft was all about: claiming the power within and the realization of how it relates to everything outside of us. A witch's power is ruled by his/her emotions, being able to accept those emotions, also gives him/her the ability to accept that power. So open your heart to yourself and all that is around you and feel the wonderful magical energies around you, and inside of you.
Bless it Be

Sadaam Hussain's Weapon Of Mass Destruction

The basis of the United States invading Iraq was because Sadaam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. Before the invasion France, Germany and many other nations were against the invasion. The reason given is that the world didn’t believe that Iraq was a threat. They had not invaded another country and even in the last war they were not able to defend themselves against the United States. After the invasion reports came out that no weapons of mass destruction were found. At least none of Nuclear or missile type of weapons the American people and the world were expecting.  But Sadaam did have a weapon of mass destruction but the weapon would only destroy the United States and turn it into a third world country.  First the groundwork of oil exchanges, and how oil is purchased country to country and just a bit of economic lessons.  All oil transactions up to now were done in U.S. Dollar currency.  For that reason, United States printed up enough money to sell to other countries to buy their oil. This was exchanged of course in gold and then was put in storage in a bank until it was needed to purchase oil from OPEC. This is what gave the U.S. Dollar so much value, without U.S. Dollars you could not buy oil.  When the United States economy goes down they buy back some of the dollars or borrow from other countries.  Sadaam was under sanctions by the United States, Britain and the UN, the food for oil program after his disastrous invasion of Kuwait.  Sadaam devised a plan to ruin the United States by a weapon of mass destruction by targeting the U.S. economy and the value of the dollar.  Sadaam accepted Euros for oil from Italy, Germany and France, as well as Syria. There was no need for U.S. dollars for the transactions, which meant not only was it nearly impossible for the United States to track, but also it drove the value of the Euro up and the value of the U.S. Dollar down.  If this situation continued the economy of the United States would have suffered so bad it would have brought the United States to it’s knees economically turning this once powerful nation into a third world country equaled to Mexico and it’s peso. United States upon getting wind of this information and George Jr. already loosing millions of dollars on his oil leases in Kuwait in the previous Desert Storm war. That is right just before Sadaam invaded Kuwait, Bush Junior was jubilant that he had just purchased his first international oil lease. Just to lose millions on the deal because of Sadaam’s invasion into Kuwait. Could there have been any more bad blood between them?  So a campaign rage to invaded Iraq one of the reasons the threats of 9/11 were ignored and allowed to take place.  This tragedy gave Bush the perfect medium for an invasion into Iraq and to take Sadaam out of circulation but for good. It was also one of the reasons France and many other European countries refused to go against Iraq. Europe was prospering and so was the Euro. But was the removal of Sadaam the end of the threat? The fact that Condoleeza Rice is actively campaigning for U.S. support and trying to revive U.S. relations is directly related to the fact that Pandora’s box has been opened and has not been closed because Sadaam is out of power.  Europe has no reason to go back to the old system, which only benefits the United States. And United States has fallen deeper and deeper into debt; our economy is at a brink of destruction. So Sadaam was dangerous and his weapon of mass destruction was effective it is toppling the United States economy. There are transcripts about the investigation of the violations of the program on CNN’s website. There were no nuclear or missiles to be found but this was a bomb that will keep destroying the fabric of the U.S. economy unless the U.S. government re-evaluates it’s policies and how to recover with a much more adaptive economic plan.

You Are What You Eat

Zen, Nutrition, and Hatha Yoga; As we follow the Noble Eightfold Path, we find that all other aspects of our lives are encompassed within it. Nutrition and exercise are very important to smooth success on the Zen path. Students of the dharma must look closely at every aspect of their lives, and incorporate them into their practice. When we look closely, we find that "we are what we eat", and accordingly as we eat more nutritiously and in the spirit of Zen, we find that our minds clear up, making meditation easier. Also important for the clarity of mind necessary for meditation is to sit in Lotus posture. The more we meditate and accommodate ourselves to this posture, we will find that our bodies may become stiff and neglected and cry out for some good stretching. If we pay no heed to what our bodies tell us regarding food or exercise, we shall suffer the consequences. Nutrition and Yoga are part of Right Action. Zen guides us through the stresses of our daily lives leading us to enlightenment, freedom from suffering. While Zen requires us to always look deeply at every aspect of our lives, meditation, yoga, and nutrition form a framework for focused deep looking.
The previous paragraph is a passage from a web site about Zen.  I have read a lot of material on Tao nutrition. After reading about Tao of nutrition there is no wonder why the United States is now re-addressing the nutritional pyramid.  One of the key components to this theory is that if it is not naturally in nature, it is not good for you.  Pasteurized milk is not natural, refined table salt with iodine, white sugar, hydrogenated oils, and margarine all man made substances and all indigestible by the body.  Salt is good for you if it is sea salt, because sea salt has magnesium which is needed to regulate the blood pressure and the amount of salt in the blood. White sugar is not digested so it circulates in your system until finally the body cannot handle the over load and diabetes onsets.  Hydrogenated oils cannot be digested so they instead contribute to stress on the liver and increase cholesterol.  By the way it is the liver that contributes to high cholesterol but it is stress that induces the liver to produce high levels of bad cholesterol. Butter is actually better than margarine, because it is made from a natural substance for which the body can digest. Raw milk is actually better for you than pasteurized since pasteurization is not the natural state of milk. Organic! Organic! Organic! The processes of man deplete the vitamins and nutrients in food. That is why so many people are switching and promoting organic foods. Especially Chefs and culinary cuisine professionals, it is their job to know what is good for you and taste good too. A combination of organic foods, vitamins, Chinese herbs or medicinal herbs, exercise, meditation and lots of breathing will assure us that we will not have to use drugs to regulate our bodies. If you are on pills to regulate your heart or blood or sugar you have already basically died. Your body no longer is able to survive on its own. Your system has shut down, a system that was made to adjust and to heal itself no longer can.  Why? Because it doesn’t have anymore raw materials to heal it self and you have depleted what you were born with of raw materials starving your body from clean and nutritious foods. If the body cannot get food from the outside it feeds from with in.
And what about the way we mix our foods? The way we eat? Meats and protein should not be eaten with starches and sugars. The body cannot digest both at the same time, instead the mixture of what you have eaten. Sits in the stomach and the small intestine and ferments to a toxic substance.  This toxic substance goings into the pathways of your body including your skin. In the Orient, if you are sick the first thing that is done is that you are given a Colonic before even seeing the doctor. That usually will heal the problem. You are what you eat because it all ends up in your colon. So you are what is in your colon. Vegetables should be eaten with meat and fruits should be eaten lone on an empty stomach. They serve as a cleansing agent. And taking regular doses of Psyllium Husks will help maintain a soft but regular movement of the system. And while we are on the subject, your stools should not be too watery and not too formed or you are constipated. Stools should be loosely formed with plenty of water substance in your stools or you are considered constipated even if you have several movements. The system is set up to cleanse the body. You cannot cleanse a system without water. There are books by Daniel P Reid on the Tao of Nutrition that are excellent reference sources on nutrition and living a long and healthy life. Eat a lot of organic raw foods and vegetables. Each of the highlighted items in this piece has links for more information. Namaste!

Practice What You Preach!

The War in Iraq has spark a lot of criticism from both sides of what it means to be American. President Bush has gone as far as to call some Americans unpatriotic. He claims to believe that the only way to resolve terrorism is by invasion, war, and torture. Dick Cheney has supported him in his beliefs and both have stated that our troops should be proud to serve their country. But if President Bush And Vice President Cheney really believe what they so vehemently preach, then why when it was their turns to serve our country, did both politicians buy or manipulate their way out of it. Were they not proud to serve their country? George Bush was proud to serve his country sneaking into the White House to be with the President's daughter. George Bush was a drug addict and a drunken partying frat boy, who had no clue. And as a President he still has no clue. After he was elected he didn’t have much to say he was like the party boy who sneaked in the party and was looking for where he could find the mug and the keg. Which was evident each time he had an interview or was asked questions by the media until after the 9/11 disaster. Then he seemed to wake up or smell the coffee or find some sort of clue that he was now leader of a nation and everyone was looking to him for direction.  Unfortunately he took us into the wrong direction. During the time he was supposed to be in the National Guard he was reported as missing and didn’t surface until an arrest record.  Only in America can a Caucasian male be arrest for being drunk and in possession of cocaine and become president of the United States.  Vice President Dick Cheney deferred his tour in armed serves over and over. Yet these two brave cowards sent America's sons and daughter to die in Iraq on a daily basis without reserve and with much conviction. If George and Dick believe in War and think that parents should send their children to war to serve their country so much. Than let them send their own children. After all, the Bush girls could use a little discipline (those apples didn’t fall far from that tree) and Cheney's daughter would make a great drill sergeant.  Click on these highlighted names for additional information on these two politicians military record, as well as some colorful information on the Bush twins.  And after all said and done. Both candidates actually had the conviction to criticize Cindy Sheehan for being upset about losing her son to war that neither one of them would fight nor send a child to fight.  Instead they hide behind money, words and power and the young lives of our American Soldiers.
It is time to bring the troops home, if they believe the war is so right let them take up arms and go and fight it. It is time to practice what they keep preaching.

Friend's Graduation

 

Where is Osama Bin Laden

September 11, 2001, New York and Washington D.C. are attacked. President Bush vowed to get the perpetrator, Osama Bin Laden. After all the illustrious speeches Bush declares war on Afghanistan and defeats the Al Qaida in Afghanistan and then precedes to Iraq to capture Saddam Hussein. When the Announcement came that the United States had him. It was thought to be Osama Bin Laden instead it was Saddam Hussein. Now 4 years later their is seldom a mention of Osama Bin Laden. Even Osama has to put out a message via Al Jezeer to be mentioned in the News and of course the Bush administration never mentions him. But the question remains even one year after the Presidential re-election of Bush. Where is Osama Bin Laden? I wrote the President and asked him that same question to receive only a reply that my email has been received and a thank you for sending it, as well as, a generic commitment to continue the war on terror. But it seems the only ones being terrorized is now the Americans as they lose their love ones to a war that nobody wanted and nobody really understands why we are there. Except that we are afraid to pull out of Iraq for fear of being embarrassed at not being about to control another culture. It is time for Bush to get Osama Bin Laden. And it is time the American people remedy their problem with President Bush with a little thing called but seldom used at least not since Tricky Dicky (Richard Nixon) Impeachment. Bush has proven time and time again that he is unfit to rule over this country in a fair and equitable manner. His incompetence has ravaged this country's resources and increased unemployment and living costs. Wake up America! What does it take? America to become a third world country? If that is what it takes we are not far off course. I encourage everyone to start a petition to impeach Bush before we can not bounce back the economy for this horrific cycle of mismanagement.