The Intuitive Botanist

Dearest readers,

I am certain that, like shamans, intuitive herbalists have always played a key role in human societies. Like shamans, herbalists and healers have always lived on the fringes of society. Coveted when their services are needed, but also always in danger when outcomes don’t match human expectations.

Scapegoating, has, alas, played a huge role in the 3-D victim/abuser paradigm. Because personal responsibility is almost always played down in favor of finding an outside cause for all problems and suffering. 3-D or density consciousness, the layer or level of consciousness in which humanity has chosen to dwell (or has been entrapped by, depending on how you see it), is characterized by a focus on the outward. Both problems and solutions always lean towards something outside of self.

Because the feminine energies and intuition have long been punished, suppressed, and demonized by the patriarchal system under which humanity has been surviving (more or less) for the last several thousand years, intuitive herbalism has also been demonized. In fact, most people imagine that a rational scientific method is needed in order to understand the properties of every plant, and whether or not it is toxic for use in humans. Today, holistic and intuitive healers are punished by the legal system and litigious structure created to support the money making machine that is our corporate pharmaceutical and healthcare industry.

What is also not taken into account is that the consciousness of plants and our own consciousness are linked, and the chemical substances and attributes of plants adjust to our own biology and chemistry. The same plant will not interact energetically the same way with every person. We and plants are both adaptogenic.

Is it possible to know without scientific expertise that a plant is toxic or not? If it has healing properties, or nutritional properties, and if so, what they are?

I feel certain that our personal DNA contains a multi-dimensional energy field that carries the memory of past incarnations and the knowledge accumulated during all lifetimes. In addition to that library, our intuition connects to an unlimited energy field that surrounds each of us, giving us access to all information and experiences that have ever happened, that are happening now, and that will happen in the future.

This blog, Intuitive Botany, was created because I have a deep connection to plant life. I can look at a plant and feel an almost instantaneous knowing about the plant. What its properties are, how it can be used to treat various conditions. Like all humans on the planet today, I too have been conditioned to override my personal intuition with scientific proof. We have all been taught to give our power away and to trust only sources outside of self, unless we have studied a subject and have been certified as an “expert” in any given area of expertise.

It is in our birthright, as human beings, to co-create heaven on Earth, if we really want it. We have been programmed for millennia to struggle and it has become hard to imagine that our lives, by nature, can and should be easy and joy-filled.

The Internet and AI technologies have been designed as an artificial, masculine-dominated, external control matrix to replace the natural, organic, intuitive matrix. The word matrix means the womb of creation. It is a feminine word. Will an asleep humanity accept to have plugs and outlets installed in the organic body, completely replacing all access to the natural intuitive all-encompassing wisdom field? We have all already been seeded with nanotechnologies through air, water, food, vaccines, artificially created viruses designed to control and limit our natural creativity.

Who needs a hybrid plant robot that can move towards the light? Plants do it naturally!

The timelines for a masculine-controlled, AI, cyber-enslaved humanity locked into seemingly permanent density consciousness exist already and are clearly delineated and described in much literature and films. Less common are depictions of the ascended, New Earth timelines. The movie Avatar is one of few that clearly shows the battle between the masculine and feminine timelines and their differing values, agendas, and sources of power.

The timeline in which the divine feminine is restored to its rightly status, entering into balance with the divine masculine does not have a lot of accompanying literature in our global cultures, especially in recent times. All human beings embody a natural and powerful technology that allows us to connect to one another and to everyone and everything in the multiverse. We don’t need electricity, smart phones or smart homes, Alexa devices, or the internet to accomplish what we can do innately, just using our bodies and our consciousness field.

There is also a deeply ingrained fear that lives within many of us who have carried the wisdom of plant medicine and energy medicine here on Earth. In many past incarnations, we have been persecuted, exiled, burned as witches. The patriarchy, by design, has created a system of control in which all inner knowing has been purposefully demonized. Intuition is a feminine attribute, and it cannot be controlled. It also empowers the individual who trusts herself or himself. Such a person cannot be placed under the purview of a culture that values only power, money, hierarchy, control. By keeping people ignorant of their own organic access to all wisdom and knowledge, the patriarchy has robbed humanity of its sovereignty as well as our ability to connect to Nature, to our own nature and truth, and to heal ourselves.

Since the two or more timelines have split and humanity is now divided, taking different paths towards different Earths with different futures, those who have chosen the AI trans-humanist patriarchal timeline will continue to play in density consciousness for as long as they need. The New Earth timeline, however, is, in my opinion, the most exciting option. And it’s time to invest our energies in ascending thinking, feeling, planning, and creation.

In 5-D New Earth, where the Divine Feminine energies are finally allowed their full status and place in the collective consciousness, intuition will be making a huge comeback. And the intuitive herbalist will be finally not only be allowed to practice, but will be making major contributions to the healing of humanity, body and soul.

Body clog: Pharmaceuticals and Plant Medicine

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Dearest readers,

If you are visiting this blog, it is because you are interested in reconnecting with your intuition. Intuition means knowing without learning from without. Knowing without having to search online or consult an expert or a book.

The feminine aspect of inner knowing is making a huge comeback, and 2020 is the year where this shift in the balance of masculine and feminine energies will begin to become apparent to the general public.

Every human being is intuitive.

As we shift away from density and separation conscious into a more self-aware and balanced mode of living, it is highly likely that we will continue to observe an escalation in the general public’s desire to move away from pharmaceuticals and allopathic medicine towards natural modes of healing using plants, energy healing, toning, use of color, etc.

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When a person has lived in density consciousness their entire life and is not “awake”, this means simple that this person has not yet remembered their true and original nature as a traveler or being of light who has come to Earth to enjoy a series of experiences in density.

Awakening to higher consciousness simply means remembering our true nature.

Density consciousness is all about separation. Separation from self, division from Nature, from other human beings. Being unable to hear one’s own inner voice. When living fully in density, people generally accept that doctors have expertise over our health and well-being and know better than we do how to heal our bodies and how to restore to balance what is out of balance.

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Western medicine uses chemicals to either suppress symptoms that cause discomfort in the body or to kill bacteria, viruses, or cells that are defined as pathogens, causing dis-ease. The prime assumption of Western medicine is the philosophy of separation. Pharmaceutical drugs are foreign to the body, invaders that are perceived as toxins.

We have all been living in separation from our true selves. 

Any living being tends towards harmony and balance. When we get sick, we are temporarily out of balance, and the body does everything it can to restore balance. It has an amazing arsenal within to accomplish homeostasis at any given moment, in any given circumstance. When human consciousness is aligned in balance with the body, intuition brings in all needed information to restore the mental, emotional, physical, and energetic layered bodies back to optimal ease.

My intuitive theory is that people who are living deep in density and who have been absorbing pharmaceutical drugs, using household chemicals, perfumes, consuming GMO foods filled with herbicides, pesticides, and preservatives become eventually impermeable to the more subtle effects of homeopathy, plant-based medicines, and energy medicine.

Like everything else in density consciousness, Western medicine is based on the principle of separation.

I believe that these body clogs can be “healed”, but mental, emotional, physical, and energetic cleansing must take place to relieve these massive energetic blockages caused by these density substances.

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A young coworker of mine (about 27 years old) is very bright, talented, ego driven and competitive. She always needs to be right. She also is very proud of her illnesses. One would imagine similar conversations emitting from someone who is over eighty. Countless surgeries, medications, medical conditions of which she seems to be proud.

One day, we were discussing COVID-19, and I suggested she try echinacea extract to boost her immune system. I have had excellent success drinking echinacea tea daily to assist my body during the pandemic. Immediately, this young lady was up in arms. She explained to me that she once tried echinacea, and it made her very sick. That she would never take any plant-based medicine again, and that only pharmaceutical products work for her.

The body is less receptive to natural, gentle remedies when accustomed to harsher chemical treatments.

This anecdote is an illustration of what can happen to a person who invests so much of their identity in density consciousness. The great awakening is all about remembering your true nature. What we call “reality” here on Earth is a holographic co-creative illusion. We maintain the illusion by buying into it. The illusion has become unstable because less and less people are willing today to continue to support it and to agree with its founding principles.

As more and more people release their identity attachments from the illusion of density, the anchoring of Western medicine in separation and the use of chemicals will suddenly feel old-fashioned, ineffective, and out of balance with our current needs.

As the Divine Feminine makes her great comeback, more and more people around the world will begin to remember how to connect to our innate inner wisdom and to the truth of our multi-dimensional nature. The voices of the plants and animals, as well as the elements and elementals (air, water, fire, soil) will become animated and recognized once again.

The Divine Feminine is making a great comeback. We will start seeing much evidence of this shift in our collective experience this year (2020).

For too long, humans have been trained to see the Earth and her creatures, animal, vegetable, and mineral as inanimate property…as things rather than as an inherent part of the Unity Consciousness that makes up everything that exists in the Multi-verse.

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As we reconnect with Nature, our own true identity, and as we re-balance our layered bodies, humanity will automatically be drawn back to more natural ways of healing and re-balancing. We will no longer allow ourselves to get so sick, so out of balance. We will stop giving our power away to external authorities who we once believed knew and understood us better than we knew or understood ourselves. We will stop allowing chemicals to invade and poison our bodies, the plants, the animals, the air, the water, soil, and the Earth.

Once we remember our true nature and power, we will no longer feel compelled to give our power away to experts. We will sit quietly, and feel what is right for us.

We all know how to heal ourselves and how to stay in balance. We also know how to heal the Earth and how to live in harmony with ourselves, one another, and with all of Nature. This is our true birthright, and innately, we are born knowing how to do all of these things. When we are conditioned into separation consciousness, we forget, and we fall into amnesia and into density.

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To rise up again, it takes effort, cleansing, dedication, trust, compassion, and non-judgment for self and others. It also takes a lot of gratitude. Our bodies, minds, emotional bodies, and energy fields have been clogged with garbage, toxic emotions, pain, trauma, suffering for so long. But it doesn’t have to stay that way. We all have a choice to make.

Healing requires gratitude. Old energies, behaviors, and patterns cannot be released until we feel thankful for all of the experiences that have brought us to where we now are.

If you want to use natural remedies to restore your body and your life to perfect balance, then it’s time to release the mental, emotional, physical, and energetic toxins that are blocking the flow. To lift into an ascended perspective, it’s key to de-clog and to rise out of the muck into which we have all agreed to bathe for a certain amount of time.

If you feel your body does not respond to the more gentle and the more feminine energies of plant medicine, tuning and toning, and other forms of energy healing, now you know what to do. Give thanks for all of the experiences in density, and release them all with love and gratitude. As these energies continue to arise, continue the process gently and with tenacity. The New Age is  now, and we are all part of it, bringing it into our collective awareness and experience.

Welcome to the portal of the 5th dimension! Thank you for remembering.

Thank you for reading! Please share and leave comments in the comments field. I appreciate your time, love, and energy!

Intuitive self-vaccination: Reduce viral load naturally

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Hello dearest readers,

I am an artist and an intuitive. Although I love to do research, I am not a scientist. This blog is all about intuition, and how we connect with our own innate ability to know things that are true without scientific study or inquiry, because we all innately have the ability to connect with all information that exists in the Universe.

We all have the power to intuitively connect to and download knowledge about anything that has ever been explored in our Universe

I traveled to Finland the first week in March, and I was exposed to many people from all over the world. My trip caused me to pass through four countries, five international airports, and to take six flights, all in the space of one week. Before, during, and after my trip, I consumed herbal potions to protect myself from the COVID-19 virus and to boost my immune system. After my return to the United States on March 8th, I felt fine, but I had a scratchy throat, slight headache, and very slight chills for a few days afterwards. I continued with my herbal preparations and was fine.

Do multiple micro-exposures to COVID-19 create a self-vaccination experience?

Since March 8th, I have been working from home and going to stores only when necessary. I do walk my dog every day. What I have noticed is that each time I venture out to grocery stores or to the Home Depot – to places where I am exposed to a lot of people at close proximity, those same symptoms appear one day later…but each time the symptoms are slightly less strong and disappear more quickly after I use my herbal remedies. I feel as if, at this point, it may be impossible to go to a public place where many people go without coming into contact with this virus.

It is highly possible that everyone who does go out to public places has already been exposed to COVID-19.

My personal theory is, based on self-observation and self-experimentation, that (if indeed it is the COVID-19 virus to which I have been exposed), that repeated micro-exposures to the virus without allowing oneself to become fully ill, create a self-vaccination effect. My son, who lives in Finland, told me that he too has experienced the same symptoms repeatedly, and he is taking the same anti-viral herbs that I am using. (Scroll down to the bottom of the post for a list of the herbal treatments I use regularly.)

Anti-viral and immune support herbs and plants, in my personal experience, provide nearly immediate and long-lasting relief from flu or COVID symptoms

This post contains information about my personal experiments and experiences with specific medicinal herbs that I use personally for preventive anti-viral treatment. Your body may have sensitivities that I don’t have. Every person’s body, mind, and spirit is unique. Many plants often can and do adapt to our individual makeup. These types of plants are called adaptogens. Traditional Ayurvedic medicine from India often uses adaptogenic plants in its prescriptions, which take into account personality types as well.

Unlike pharmaceutical drugs and synthetic chemical compounds, plants distilled into teas, tinctures, essential oils and other products often adapt to our specific biology

Self-care is so important. We allow ourselves, often without realizing it, to get run down. A healthy body must move around regularly and extensively. We must look near and far with our eyes. Our human spirit needs to be creative, our mind and emotions active and engaged. We need to be outdoors, exposed to sunlight and fresh air. Our bodies need fresh spring water that contains minerals and the energetic signature of our Mother Earth. We are conditioned to think of health as compartmentalized, and often focus only on the physical body without taking into account our mental, emotional, and spiritual states.

Regular exposure to fresh air, sunlight, contact with soil and soil-based microorganisms, and consumption of pure spring water are essential for maintaining health

We need to ground ourselves in the Earth and walk barefoot. The ever-present signals from electronic devices and WiFi are also disturbing to our bodies and cellular integrity. And frequently we need to be alone with ourselves to recharge our connections to our Higher Self which lives outside of our physical body.

Health is a multi-layered thing, and we are not sacks of chemicals as we have been taught. A human body is an electro-magnetic vehicle and, if understood properly, a powerful antenna connected to Earth and to the cosmos. We have been conditioned to live artificially, in separation from self, the Earth, all of Nature, from one another, and from the Universe. This separation is the inherent source of all sickness and imbalance on our planet.

A human body is actually a powerful antenna and a vehicle which allows us to travel multi-dimensionally

Contemporary society and lifestyle are inherently unhealthy. Our air and water are intentionally polluted and dead. Many people spray the soil with chemicals, making it difficult to walk barefoot. Our food is full of toxic pesticides, fertilizers, and GMOs. Yet there are things we can do to help ourselves to be unified and healthy, mind, body, and spirit.

The current paradigm which we have been conditioned to accept as the one and only reality is based on separation from love and truth, lack, fear, shame, and guilt

I see a lot of people becoming very anxious trying to cleanse all surfaces to prevent illness and contagion. While keeping your hands clean and avoiding touching your face is obviously key to prevent yourself from contracting the COVID-19 and other viral infections, there are other ways to maintain health and to prevent illness by viral infection.

In fact, anxiety and stress weaken the immune system and make a person more prone to becoming ill. The proof being if you carry the Herpes virus, which most people do in one form or another, it will make an appearance as soon as you feel stressed or worried.

Fear, worry, and stress weaken the immune system

In this post, I will share with you some highly effective and completely natural preventive strategies that can possibly help keep you, friends, and family from becoming ill, or which can, if used conscientiously, reduce the viral load you are carrying in your body.

Natural remedies and whole-food plant-based medicines work best to prevent illness and to reinforce the immune system.

Natural remedies and whole-food plant-based medicines work best to prevent illness and to reinforce the immune system. When you are already sick, it is more difficult to heal using plant medicines, in my personal experience.

Tinctures

I like to use tinctures, making mixtures which I call my “potions” to prevent colds, influenza, and other viral, bacterial, or fungal infections. Here is a list of some tinctures I use to maintain wellness, for immune support, and to prevent viral infections:

  • Olive Leaf Extract – I use Now Foods Olive Leaf Glycerite, adding a dropperful to a glass of water. Olive trees live thousands of years, thanks to several substances contained in the leaves of the olive tree which assist the tree in resisting disease and which promote long life.  Oleuropein, which is a powerful antiviral, antibacterial, and antifungal is the active ingredient in olive leaf extract.
  • ViraSecret (by Secrets of the Tribe). Contains: Echinacea Root, Elder Flower, Oregon Grape Root, Lemon Balm Leaf, Calendula Flower, Cat’s Claw Inner Bark
  • Echinacea – A well-known and commonly used immune support plant. Well-documented. Some people are sensitive to echinacea.
  • Lomatium Specific for respiratory infections & high
    fevers, coughs, colds, influenza, pneumonia, tuberculosis, SARS
    and asthma; as well as other infections & related conditions. Some people are allergic to this plant or plants from the Apiaceae family. Click on link for more details.
  • Heal-All (Prunella vulgaris) – As its name indicates, Heal-All is a great all-round tincture to support general immune health. Assists in fighting infections, preventing cancer. Has been used to treat herpes and other viral infections.
  • Dandelion Root – Cleansing, excellent detox and immune support.
  • Violet (an expectorant, relieving asthma, cough, as well as being an effective anti-tumor and immune support agent)

Teas

  • Pao d’arco Inner bark Made from the inner bark of a tree found in the Amazon rain forest, pao d’arco is an amazing anti-fungal, anti-viral, and anti-bacterial agent. The aroma is delicate and cucumber-like. One teaspoon goes a long way. If you have a yeast infection, oral thrush, or a cold or flu virus, pao d’arco is wonderful and complements a variety of teas. It is said to be poisonous in large quantities, but only small quantities are needed to prevent colds and infections.
  • Stinging Nettle An important nutritive herb, nettles are amazing for fortifying the body. Used in conjunction with oat straw and lemon or vinegar (acid) for improved absorption, helps to build bone strength and is a great immune support and general health herb.

Syrups

  • Elderberry You can make your own elderberry syrup. It keeps well in a sterilized glass jar in the refrigerator for at least a month or more. I buy organic dried berries and boil them for at least 45 minutes with a teaspoon of dried cinnamon bark. Added to tea with lemon, honey, fresh sliced garlic cloves, and fresh ginger, this tea is excellent for preventing flu, colds, and other viruses when you feel the first symptoms coming on. Drink several large cups of this tea with a shot of elderberry syrup per day. It has worked miracles for me!

Oral Rinses

  • I make my own anti-bacterial/anti-viral/anti-fungal mouthwash/rinse using cold-pressed organic coconut oil (1 scant tablespoon), 2-3 drops of oregano essential oil, 2-3 drops myrrh essential oil, and 2-3 drops of clove essential oil. Mix well, as oregano oil is very potent and can burn the mouth if in direct contact. Allow coconut oil to melt in mouth and swish around and/or gargle for 20 minutes. Allow the oils to strain between your teeth for gum and dental health. Spit into container. Do not put in compost or spit into sinks or toilets, as coconut oil hardens and will clog drains. The oregano oil will kill microorganisms in compost or soil and can harm plants. This rinse will heal oral thrush and prevent a lot of infections before they start.

Detox

  • Bentonite clay
  • Dandelion tincture or tea
  • Neem bark powder
  • Schisandra berry  powder
  • Milk Thistle
  • Apple Cider Vinegar
  • Coconut Oil

Our bodies don’t work as efficiently as they should because of our natural filtration systems (liver, kidneys) being overloaded with toxins. So many products used daily for cleaning, daily hygiene, beauty, food as well as toxins in the air, water, and soil are absorbed by our bodies. If we don’t assist our body in detoxing on a daily basis, the body cannot work efficiently to fight off illness and invasive mutant cells, viruses, fungi, and bacteria. Daily detox is necessary to restore and maintain balance in the body. My favorite detox regimens include primarily liquid Bentonite clay (add 1 tablespoon to a glass of water and drink apart from taking any vitamin or mineral supplements), and dandelion tinctures or teas. There are many plants that assist liver and kidney health, and you can try an assortment, one at a time, to see what works best for you.

Essential oils

  • Tea tree oil
  • Oregano essential oil
  • Lavender essential oil
  • Cinnamon essential oil

Nuts, seeds, fruits, mushrooms, and berries

  • Brazil nuts (raw only) contain high concentrations of selenium, which is key for immune health
  • Medicinal mushrooms (powder can be added to smoothies, yoghurt, salads, etc.)

Healing

Smoothie ingredients

  • Spirulina
  • Chlorella
  • Wheat Grass
  • Moringa Leaf
  • Astragalus Root
  • Irish Moss
  • Ashwaghanda
  • Schisandra berry
  • Medicinal mushroom powder
  • Camu camu ( a great source of Vitamin C)

Foods to avoid

  • Sugars
  • Grains
  • Dairy products (especially pasteurized from non-organic, non-pasture-raised cows) Dairy, grains and cereals, and sugars are inflammatory and cause phlegm, which is not good for respiratory health.

Vitamins and mineral supplements

  • Vitamin C (I use organic camu camu fruit powder (from Peru) – very high in Vitamin C.)
  • Vitamin D3K2 (I like Now Foods D3K2 liposomal spray, since I don’t swallow pills.)
  • Zinc
  • Trace minerals – beware of heavy metal contamination in fulvic mineral supplements. Read reviews, testing reports, and investigate suppliers carefully before purchasing any plant or mineral supplement, tea, infusion, tincture, etc.
  • Spirulina, Chlorella, Wheat Grass, Moringa Leaf

Herbs and spices

Fresh ginger – Fresh ginger root is an amazing anti-inflammatory. I drink teas every day in which I steep then eat the sliced fresh ginger root. I used to get stiff after sleeping, but now joint pain is a thing of the past!

Oregano, rosemary, sage, thyme – all of these (and many other herbs contain turpenoids, which are natural antibiotics and sanitizers.) Use in cooking, teas and infusions, and to add to DIY home cleaning and hand sanitizer products.

Hand sanitizer/Hand care

Alcohol is very drying for the skin. A small amount of coconut oil with a few drops of lavender, rosemary, or tea tree oil make an excellent moisturizing hand sanitizer.

Natural DIY cleaning products for the home

Boil fresh rosemary in water and add white vinegar, lavender essential oil, and a citrus essential oil for a fragrant antibacterial kitchen or bathroom cleaner. Bleach is a neuro-toxin and is best avoided, and many commercial cleaning products contain perfumes which are hormone disrupters, which are very detrimental to reproductive and general health.

 

Cleansing with chlorophyll

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Dearest readers,

I like doing research and finding natural remedies for the many challenges that face us in daily life. My son just left for a semester abroad in Ecuador. He has been studying in Finland for the last year and a half. Every time we move to a new environment, our body must quickly make complex shifts in our entire system in order to adapt.

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Quito, Ecuador is a beautiful, post-colonial city perched in the foothills of the Andes mountains at 9,350 feet in altitude. Helsinki, Finland is an equally gorgeous neo-classical/art deco and modern European city located on the Gulf of Finland at a mere 56 feet or 19 meters in altitude. This is a pretty extreme contrast and challenge for the human body, even for a 19 year old young man who is in pretty great shape physically!

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My research revealed that high altitude causes the blood to thicken as the amount of oxygen in the air thins. Liquid chlorophyll supplements are generally not the natural form (chlorophyll a or b) but a semi-synthetic form called chlorophyllin in which the magnesium ring in the center of the molecular chain is replaced by copper, making the substance water soluble. Chlorophyll acts in the bone marrow to stimulate red blood cell production and is in some ways similar to hemoglobin. So the blood of plants is a cousin to our own primary bodily fluid! Liquid chlorophyll supplements are used to treat a variety of conditions, but altitude sickness is one of the primary applications.

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Generally lightly mint flavored, liquid chlorophyll creates a dark green beverage when added to plain filtered or mineral water. Best consumed on an empty stomach before bed-time and/or early in the morning, liquid chlorophyll has many benefits for the  human body. I have observed several myself, as I always experiment with supplements on my own body before recommending them to others.

I have noticed the following improvements in my own health since starting to use liquid chlorophyll:

  1. Improved digestion and bowel movements.
  2. Significant improvement of oral thrush condition, even when consuming some sugars and starch.
  3. Significant reduction of itching in scalp, even after an entire week of not washing hair.
  4. Weight loss without modification of diet, especially around waist area.
  5. Feeling energetic, even with little sleep.
  6. Reduction of aches and pains caused when eating inflammatory foods such as gluten and carbohydrates.
  7. Brighter coloration of fingernails, suggesting improved blood circulation.
  8. Reduction of peripheral neuropathy and leg pain caused by electrolyte imbalance.

My son did experience loose stools after consuming the liquid chlorophyll supplement, so dosages should be adjusted accordingly. I think it can make an excellent mouthwash as well, though it will temporarily make your tongue turn green. Many people use liquid chlorophyll as a natural deodorant, since it detoxes the body and cleanses the blood, flushing out and reducing overgrowth of bacteria and fungi. Some claim that chlorophyll alkalizes the body and works to combat aflatoxins that can cause allergies and liver damage as well as preventing cancer.

Please click on this link to read more about scientific explorations about the benefits of using liquid chlorophyll as a health supplement:

https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/dietary-factors/phytochemicals/chlorophyll-chlorophyllin#introduction

The Sun and the Original Organic Matrix

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Dearest readers,

In the last day or two, I have been guided to watch a couple of videos (Solar Logos: Resurrecting the Solar Stargate System, Paliadorian Diamond Sun Races, and Disclosure ) and (Increasing Human Energy by Harnessing the Sun’s Energy According to Nikola Tesla) which describe how human consciousness is naturally fed energetically through our Sun. These documents explain how the artificial consciousness matrix which has been feeding off of human consciousness for thousands of years with persistent and escalating efforts to block our connection to the Sun, which is also a natural portal to Christed or unity consciousness.

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Our physical bodies need sunlight to produce energy. The photonic light produced by our sun which stimulates the production of chlorophyll in plant matter appears to work in a corresponding manner in the energy centers of our cells, affecting our mitochondrial DNA. We absorb sunlight indirectly through the foods that we consume. Nikola Tesla understood this principle. I believe that when we sit in a receptive position to meditate or to absorb the “heilstrom” as per the teachings of German healer and early starseed, Bruno Groening, we are also absorbing the harmonizing energetic frequencies of light particles, to which our energy bodies are particularly sensitive and receptive.

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As we near the end of the reign of thousands of years of subjugation of our consciousness, for which our energies have been confused, diverted, and vampirized by a small group of elites and extraterrestrial beings, it is now time to celebrate once again our own cosmic connections to the Sun and to the Earth, respectively male and female principles. Both poles are necessary for our well-being and for a peaceful cohabitation on Earth. The feminine and masculine have been intentionally fractured from one another in order to create chaos and division in our personal lives, interpersonal relationships, and social structures.

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At this time, we still are experiencing desperate attempts by the dark magicians to mask the sun through veils of expanded contrails, in addition to the heavy metals and other toxins and mind-controlling substances that these contrails are designed to distribute into our air, water, soil, and into the bodies of plants, trees, birds, animals, and human beings. Without the sun, we cannot live, and indeed, at this time, we are still struggling to survive. It is difficult to thrive in the current climate of disease, interpersonal and interracial conflict and endless violence and distractions.

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Of course, it is up to us, as human beings, to awaken to our own power and to take responsibility for our own health, for the realities we create for ourselves and for the collective. The progressive collective awakening programmed for this time, about which the dark magicians have been aware for thousands of years, is coming about despite all efforts to suppress it. The increasingly intense waves of solar flashes bathing the Earth’s atmosphere are making the exposure of the efforts of the dark ones easier to perceive on various levels, even for the deeply conditioned.

Magnificent CME Erupts on the Sun - August 31

The awakening comes in waves, with the Starseeds in the lead, to assist those who  follow, to bring calm, guidance, and our own personal experiences in integration of trauma, shadow work, self-love, self-responsibility, and activation of our innate abilities.

The original higher frequency human beings lived in harmony with one another, fully respectful of the plants, animals, air, water, soil, and with the consciousness of the planet. For those of us who choose to raise our consciousness with the planet (or ascend), we will return to a joyous and creative way of life, in which we enjoy full freedom, and in which we take full responsibility for everything that we create in our lives.

The time of manipulation and victimization is essentially over, and for those of us who are ready, we can now begin to enjoy the fruits of a long, difficult journey from the shadows into the light.

What is planetary ascension?

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Dearest readers,

I was recently listening to a recent (May 5th) interview with Tolec, of the Andromeda Council, with Mark Kimmel, of the Cosmic Paradigm network.

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A lot of fascinating information was shared during the course of this interview, but one element in particular caught my attention. Mark Kimmel explained that at one time, many hundreds of millions of years ago, our home planet Earth was about ten times as large as she is now. Not only was she so much larger, but she was much less dense. He described the state of that higher dimensional Earth as being in a very fluid, even gaseous state.

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The ascension process is our collective rise, in our case, as human beings, but also involving all of the animals, plants, trees, rocks, soil, and even our entire galaxy to a higher level of consciousness. As we collectively move through a part of space which we have not visited for over 26,000 years, we begin to expand and shed density. Density could be equated with separation, poverty consciousness, dark ages, fear, and violence. This cycle has been characterized by global and civil wars, interpersonal conflict, competition, and power struggles, as well as a domination of the feminine by masculine energies, causing a grave energetic imbalance. During this long, dark age, it has been easy to manipulate human consciousness and to enslave humanity without the consent or even the awareness of most human beings. Even worse, most of us have forgotten our true identity and have lost awareness that we are part of an infinite cosmic neighborhood, with family members flung far across the Universe and even within the planet herself.

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At one time, humanity and the Earth, in her expanded state, did coexist in this more fluid form in which time was not linear, and in which our bodies and matter did not seem so solid. In other words, in that time-space of higher dimension, we did not experience absolute separation from one another.

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As today we see people struggling with identity, and we experience terms such as trans-racial or trans-sexual, gender fluid, and basically, more fluidity and less rigidity in how we define ourselves and our relationships with one another, we can see how we are moving from a very compact, dense, and separate state to one in which we are more intertwined, less defined by outside terminology. We are beginning to awaken, to take back our power and our responsibility for our thoughts, feelings, and self-determination.

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The ancient Greeks and Romans of fairly relatively recent “ancient” history knew that Gaia, our Earth, was a conscious being. That she was populated with a host of beings, entities, and creatures that today we mostly cannot see and discount as imaginary. On a higher density planet, the spirits of the trees, the plants, the clouds…all of the “gods”, spirits, and “invisible” beings could be easily perceived. We are returning to that higher state of existence.

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Because in a higher density there is no linear time, that “original” reality still exists today. We are simply remembering who we once were, remembering how to communicate telepathically. Remembering that we are part of an infinite cosmic family. Remembering that the bodies we live in are but a temporary assignment and not a definitive definition of our being-ness and our identity.

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I have heard that at this time, many former plantation owners have incarnated as African-Americans. All across the globe, the wisest shamans and chiefs of our global indigenous cultures have chosen to incarnate into people of all nationalities, ethnicities all over the planet. It is time for the “Tribe of Many Colors” to come together and to remember who we once were, and on which glorious dimension we once lived in complete harmony with self, with one another, with all of the plants, animals, and the planet herself.

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Planetary ascension is the process we are experiencing individually and collectively at this time. Triggers are everywhere to help us all to remember, at our own pace. The planet, like a growing tree, is literally expanding and losing density. This is the reason for the great Earth changes that are occurring at this time. The volcanic eruptions in Hawaii, the increasingly strong hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes and other seismic and weather events will continue to escalate. As a tree grows, its bark cracks to allow the expansion of trunk growth to take place. This is a natural process for us and for the planet. Gaia is cracking open. She is expanding rapidly.

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We all have the choice to expand with her. It is an exciting process, and we are all lucky to be here at this time to assist Gaia with her and with humanity’s ascension process.

We are here for this purpose, to support the planet, the animals, plants, the trees, the water, the air, and the soil, as well as to support one another. Don’t be afraid. Just dare to love, and your heart will expand with the heart of the planet.

The Conscious Diet: boosting what we know about food to what we know is good for our own bodies

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Dearest readers,

Many of us begin our walk up the road to higher consciousness by becoming more aware of our health and how politics, industry, and our current societal paradigm shapes our experience of life. Little by little, as our awareness increases and our memories of our innate wisdom begin to awaken, these perceptions expand and unfold.

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Last night, I was watching a well-made and worthwhile documentary on Netflix called The Magic Pill. The 2017 film delves into the age-old philosophy that the best medicine is food. After exploring global experience of chronic ailments by a variety of patients, the film extols the virtues of the ketogenic diet. When we eliminate carbohydrates from our diet (grains, sugars, most fruits) and replace them by meats, dairy products, vegetables, nuts and seeds, most people experience rapid improvement in their symptoms.

ke·toi·gen·ic di·et
noun
 
  1. a diet that tends to promote the metabolic formation of ketone bodies by causing the body to use fat (rather than carbohydrate) as its principal energy source.

Our current Standard American Diet, which has spread around the globe, has us eating a low fat, high carbohydrate diet, which promotes the development of a multitude of health issues (which we were told we would avoid by adopting a low fat diet high in whole grains) including diabetes, obesity, heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and which aggravates the symptoms of autism and ADHD. A diet high in sugars and carbs creates an acidic environment in the body, favorable to anaerobic procreators such as cancer cells. Healthy cells require oxygen as fuel.

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I have been aware of the ketogenic/intermittent fasting diets, which shares some similarities with the Paleo and  Atkins diets, through Dr. Joseph Mercola’s work. He has been promoting intermittent fasting the the benefits of eating a high fat/low carb diet rich in whole natural (unprocessed or minimally processed) foods for years. The raw food movement is also popular. As humanity ascends in consciousness, the density of the human body will eventually decrease. The food needed for the higher frequency body would move towards pure light, air, and water. Until our DNA structures, minds, emotions, and entire metabolism evolve to vibrate at that higher frequency, we will still need some form of food to fuel our cells. Raw plants are the closest we can get to consuming sunlight. Dr. Sebi, a healer with active innate knowledge of plants and the human body, called such foods “electric foods”, which give our mitochondria the fuel they need to maintain flow and homeostasis.

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What these diets do not take into account is our own consciousness, the consciousness of our cellular structure (the innate wisdom of the body), as well as the consciousness of plants, animals, and the planet.

Why is it that we are served an endless array of “miracle” solutions to our current health crises? Well-meaning people would like to find a single pathway to bring all people back to health. There are many reasons why a simple return for everyone back to a traditional diet is not as simple as it appears.

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Because we are living in genetically diverse pool of people, for the most part, we are not certain of our heredity. We are all a mixed bag, some of us more than others. Indigenous groups of people who have never left their native soil and traditions are few and far between. Most of them, as reported in the film, have been diverted from their traditional diets by missionaries and colonialists, and have had their lifespans shortened dramatically in the process, and many now suffer from the chronic ailments that plague the peoples of the United States, Canada, and Europe.

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This is where consciousness and tuning into our own bodies comes in. Because we have been separated by cultural amnesia from our traditional cultural diets and from a lifestyle that keeps us close to the Earth and its rhythms, and because we are exposed to so many toxins on a daily basis, we can no longer rely on tradition or on outside experts to tell us what we, as individuals, should eat from moment to moment, day to day.

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We must become our own experts. To be healthy, we must remember our intuitive abilities. A meditation practice, or the discipline to sit quietly with oneself and perhaps with a journal and to learn to ask our body questions and to wait patiently for answers is a way to begin to hear what our body wants us to eat. It may vary from day to day. We can be creative, and find our own way to hear what our body wants to share with us.

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For example, we could go to the grocery store, stop in front of a mango, a pear, a bunch of spring onions, and ask: this, or that? Then wait and see how you feel. If you feel without inner conflict, and get a good resonance from one food or another, then it is something your body wants. Or, you might just imagine in your mind’s eye what your body craves. There is no specific rule or way how to connect with your body and your inner self.

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Post WWII German healer Bruno Groening always advised people to listen carefully to their bodies. Any symptoms you might experience in your body deliver critical information. Much of our contemporary pharmaceuticals merely disguise symptoms instead of interpreting them. Few medical practitioners attempt to understand what the body is trying to tell us is out of balance, or where we have been ignoring its attempts to communicate with us!

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If you are anything like me, then you have cravings at certain times of the day. Are the cravings conditioned mental responses or emotional eating patterns? I often overeat or snack when I am bored, because I literally don’t feel fulfilled. When I am doing work that I enjoy or when I am outdoors, I don’t feel hungry or empty. I don’t even think about eating. Sometimes I eat to feel comforted. Working with our mental habits and conditioned ways of thinking about self is helpful. Emotional eating is often due to a misalignment of our true self with our lifestyle choices. I know that food should not be a drug, but much of our culture teaches us that this is so.

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To become a conscious and intuitive eater, gratitude and communication with the beings and energies we are consuming is also vital. As we move from a system of separation and duality where our bodies are treated as machines and food as fuel to a unified way of life in which everything is connected in a web of energy, light, sound, information – then the way we interact with our bodies, with plants, animals, and with one another will change radically.

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From my perspective, the plants, animals, trees, air, water, soil, rocks, insects, and the planet herself are conscious beings who appreciate our recognition. Traditional cultures bless food and harvests for several good reasons. And without being religious, we can adopt or create our own spiritual practice of gratitude and communication with the specific energies of the beings who so generously give of themselves for our well-being and health.

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Before eating or feeding my dog (for some reason, I am more diligent about this with my dog than I am for myself, but I am promising myself to be more mindful about my own body and my own feeding!), I thank individually and collectively all of the plants, animals, our galactic family, soul family, inner Earth family, Gaia, our source creator, the central sun, the air, water, elementals, angels and guides for their gifts and support, love, beauty, generosity, and wisdom. I vortex into the food and my own body and the bodies of my family members and dog the highest frequency light codes, creating an intention for coherence in our bodies and our food.

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This is how I create fractal patterns of light in the food, water, and our cellular structure, simply by using my words, my consciousness, my imagination – which are all tools enabling my ability to create. Similarly, I remove all low frequency energies from my body, my son’s body, my dog’s body, and from our food, releasing with gratitude and love anything that does not serve our highest expression of health on every dimension and timeline – mental, physical, emotional, etheric (light body), from our DNA, from our ancestral lines. I transmute these energies through the violet fire back into pure source light, which is pure creative energy.

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Our cells require light, water, and love to function optimally. Love is the ultimate creative, organizing energy, and with our consciousness, we have the power to create health. Health is simply a state of highly organized energy in the microcosm of the body that is created from an expansive and coherent intention from a place of love. Disease or ill health is a decomposition or disorganization of energies which are functioning from a place where alignment, authenticity, and clear intentions are lacking. Every cell needs our love and our intuitive communication of a loving intention to keep our body healthy.

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We live in a society which promotes incessant judgment of self and others. These constant stresses on our physical, mental, and emotional bodies are more punishing to our health than are GMOs, fluoride, environmental poisons and toxins, high carb diets, and the like. Without love, the human being and the human body cannot thrive and live long. Sunlight, oxygen, and water are forms of light and the carriers of light and cosmic information to our cells and to our DNA. The human being is an elaborate communication system that is able to transmit and receive information from and to the entire Universe.

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For thousands of years, we have not been using our powers. Like Rip Van Winkle in Washington Irving’s short story, we have been deeply asleep, and we have forgotten how magnificent we once were, and still are. We have allowed experts and authorities to tell us how to behave, how to eat, what kind of work to do, what and who is beautiful and what is ugly. We judge, divide, identify, discriminate without even realizing that this behavior is a destructive choice, until all we feel is stress, sadness, and anger. We live in pretense, and we can’t remember who we are.

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When we wake up and begin to remember, we take back our power. We remember that we already know so much. Taking baby steps or leaps, we can all move at our own pace and find our own way back to being in touch with the magnificence of our bodies, minds, and hearts. A multidimensional being is so much more than a digestive system. We are all beings of light, and a being of light feeds on love, and projects love out into the world.

 

Insight: Behind my eyelids (another ascension poem)

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inbreath when instructing myself to sit and not do

the mind in pictures which flash, fade, emerge

a dog head beelines for my palm and nuzzles bumping cool damp nose bud

palms cupping buzz that tingles

feeling the light prickling where fate line intersects heart and head

waiting for what emerges

what is showing today?

the filmstrip inside my skull splices a never-ending collection of plants

I clearly perceive flowers, leaves of all shapes and colors

they keep coming at me, to me

how do I know them so well?

how do they know me?

in the library that lives in my cellular memory

have I stored and cataloged my interactions with these beings?

Am I a librarian, a botanist, herbalist, healer, a witch?

And why am I so reluctant to remember?

Having loved the plants so long, so well…

has this power brought upon me isolation, demise, misery among men?

remembering is awakening

there is fear, post-traumatic tension with excitement braided in

so many of us with herbs and weeds behind our eyelids

were martyred to human need for certainty, control, designations of good and evil

now insight is returning

as are balance, divinity of female and male

squeezing bitter drops of toxic neediness from each polarization

eager to relax and embrace myself and the plants inside of my eyes

Animal logic: interpreting aberrant behavior

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Dearest readers,

For the last two years, an otherwise ordinary-looking squirrel has been targeting very specific plants in my porch flower containers and viciously and systematically shredding the plants until nothing remains but the stub of a root. This creature, whom I have dubbed “Psycho Squirrel”, does not eat the plants. He, and I am assuming, perhaps erroneously, based on his deliberate and aggressive yet sneaky behavior, that he is a male, has occasionally garlanded my wooden fence with shreds of geraniums.

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Squirrels are supposed to be repelled by geraniums.

My initial response to this squirrel’s erratic behavior was to feel upset and even a bit angry. I love all animals, but I was having difficulty feeling affection for his less than lovable behavior.

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When people on my local neighborhood social network regularly vent about package thieves and other nefarious individuals who delight in petty crimes and burglaries in our area, their reactions, while more heated and intense than my response to my rodent visitor, reminded me of my own thoughts about package thieves and such.

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Generally, humans are very protective of their property, their belongings, and they become quite angry and aggressive when their territory is invaded. Sending unconditional love to these perpetrators is outside of the realm of most people’s experience and ability.

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Since I spend much of my time and energy focusing on raising my energetic frequency and working towards unity and coherence in my body, mind, heart, and energy field, the behavior of this erratic, fluffy-tailed being intrigued me. Perhaps he is not a simple ne’er-do-well bent on tearing up flowers. Perhaps he is a messenger from Gaia (Mother Earth), and his actions have been misinterpreted by me. Perhaps I need to send him (and our relationship) unconditional love despite the vegetation decimation in which he seems to delight.

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As a gardener on this third density realm of experience, I struggle with the concept that some plants (people, animals, trees) are considered more valuable, more important than others. In my heart of hearts, all beings are conscious and have specific talents, properties, beauty, and energy. No being is more important than another, no matter how humble in appearance.

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Some people say a “weed” is a plant that is the wrong place. Perhaps a plant becomes named a “weed” when it is perceived by a lower density being, by a state of consciousness that divides, confines, compartmentalizes, judges. Because we, for the most part, still live in duality while striving for unity consciousness (some of us do!), our gardens are also subject to judgment.

 

The message of the squirrel, as I interpret it, leads me to question my gardening practice. I have written of this dilemma before in this blog. By tearing up my asters this spring, and my geraniums last growing season, the squirrel was destroying the “privileged plants”, who get to live in containers on the porch, with lovely store-bought soil, compost, and plant food. The wild plants, of which there are a great variety who propagate themselves  throughout my front and back yard – and the types of plants also vary to some degree from year to year – are not allowed, for the most part, to live in the designated flower beds or containers.

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And while I regret doing it, I do pull up certain plants to favor others. I do not resort to using poisons of any kind. But think about it! In our human societies, we constantly judge certain people. Put them in categories. Decide that some should be punished, put to death. Some enjoy great privileges, while others constantly struggle to survive. Certain body types and appearances are considered beautiful and desirable, while others are judged ugly and unlovable. I believe that when we live from the heart, these judgmental practices fall away. The heart is a great unifier.

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This institutional plant racism or segregation does not obey the Law of One. How can I be aligned with my higher self and in service to Gaia and to continue to garden in the old way, with hierarchies of plants, separated beds? Should a New Earth garden be a confusion of weeds and cultivated plants? Areas of intentional planting with other areas left intact? I don’t quite have an answer to this question yet. But the question itself intrigues me. How do we garden in the fifth dimension?

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I do talk to my plants, to the trees, the stars, the air, water, rocks, and clouds. I apologize to the tiny trees and seedlings which I remove from my yard. Each time I grasp a tiny stem and pull the roots from their hold in the Earth, I feel twinges of sadness. And I know that Nature herself is quite harsh on small trees. Very few reach maturity. Perhaps I am just one of the hazards in the eco-system. Still, to love the plants unconditionally, while loving myself unconditionally is my goal. My intuition tells me that I simply need to listen to the plants more. Sometimes, I ask certain plants if they could please move somewhere else.

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In any case, Psycho Squirrel has inspired a thought process and a questioning of how we, as human beings, interact with our natural environment. I feel much improvement to our quality of life in human societies would come if we did slow down and took the time to listen to plants, animals, rocks, the soil, trees, the air, and the clouds. The ability to understand all of creation is inside of each of us. Of that I am certain. We simply need to be still, and to remember.

Flu boost: Give your body a boost this flu season

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Dearest readers,

The human body is an incredible energy system. All of us are different, and it is important to be aware of your intuitive connection to both the Earth and to cosmic guidance. Our bodies are like antennae, deriving energy from the Earth through our feet and from the stars through the crowns of our heads. A person in balance does not usually fall ill, but since humanity has been disconnected from our true nature and abilities, energy blockages are common.

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The foods we commonly eat today do not supply us with the energy we need. The assumption that the body is a machine that needs calories or heat units to function is completely erroneous. In fact, above all, the body needs oxygen, love, light, and the crystalline energy carried by water which relays information from the Earth and sky through our cellular structure. Our thoughts and beliefs are also extremely important to maintaining and creating health.

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That said, plants and the solar energy they embody, possess powerful healing properties that balance our energy systems and eliminate blockages quickly. By using intuition and knowledge, we can increase coherence in our bodies when the stress of low frequency energies such as viruses, fungi, and certain bacteria clog our cells and slow down our metabolic functions and produce chaos where there was once order.

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This flu season, I put together a regimen for myself which may or may not work for you. If you try it out, you may want to tweak it to adapt it to your own body and cellular structure.

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I have been taking oil of oregano (brand pictured above) mixed with coconut oil, ground cloves, and ground Neem bark powder for the last several months to reduce fungal overgrowth in my body to and heal a tooth abscess. I wanted to avoid taking antibiotics, even though this was the course of action recommended by my dentist. She was not opposed to my using herbal treatments, however. I prefer to rely on my inner wisdom and intuition, which I feel is a fail-safe source of knowledge of my own body and its needs. Of course, if you are not yet connected to your own higher self and intuitive wisdom, you will always want to consult your medical professional or holistic doctor/herbalist before embarking on a regimen involving plant-based medicines, as they are not without risks.

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I started out with two drops of oregano oil in a tablespoon of coconut oil, gradually raising the dose to nine drops of oregano oil in the same amount of coconut oil over a period of months. I could actually feel the effect of the oil in my body. My tongue is no longer coated, and my hair and scalp stay clean longer.

Some people are reluctant to take oil of oregano internally because it contains thymol, which can be toxic. It is difficult to know, when purchasing oil of oregano, which type of oregano and how much thymol is contained in the product you buy. I would recommend caution using oil of oregano internally for adults, and I would not recommend its use at all for children. Olive leaf extract is a safer and quite effective alternative, but because of the toxic load we are all carrying, any detox plant or substance should be taken in progressive doses accompanied by increased water intake to reduce die-off effects, which can mimic flu-like symptoms.

One evening, after being around a lot of people who were suffering from the flu, bronchitis, and other winter scourges, I was feeling achy, tired, and my throat was hurting. I decided to do something about it and rummaged through my pantry.

This is what I came up with:

  • organic dried elderberries
  • unpasteurized raw honey
  • fresh garlic cloves
  • fresh ginger
  • echinacea extract
  • fresh lemon juice
  • Yogi brand Triple echinacea green tea

I boiled 1/3 of a cup of the dried elderberries in 2-3 cups of filtered water for about 45 minutes, as recommended on the bag. Elderberries, stems, leaves, and flowers can be toxic. The berries themselves must be cooked thoroughly before consumption. I added some honey to the mixture after straining out the cooked berries. The syrup can be taken for about five consecutive days but it is not recommended for long-term use.

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I made echinacea tea, adding 10-15 drops of the echincacea extract (I have Eclectic Institute brand tangerine flavored Echinacea Premium Blend Glycerite Compound (alcohol free). I added a shot of the elderberry syrup, 3 minced cloves of garlic (let sit for about 10 minutes after grating before adding to tea), the juice of 1/2 organic lemon, a knob of fresh ginger cut into small chunks, and several tablespoons of the raw honey. Allow to steep so oils from garlic and ginger infuse into the tea.

I drank two big cups of this tea, then went to bed. I was worried I would miss work, since I was really feeling very poorly and I have to get up at around 3:30 am every day for my job. However, I slept deeply and well, and when I woke up, I felt absolutely fantastic. My body was energized, with no flu-like symptoms whatsoever.

 

Over the next couple of days, I drank this mixture, gradually decreasing the amounts of echinacea, garlic, and elderberry juice. No flu symptoms, no congestion, no cough, sore throat, no aches or pains have reappeared.

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There are many plants, fruits, vegetables, spices, and herbs which boost immunity, reduce free radical proliferation, and which oxygenate the body. Use your intuition to feel which of them will work best for you. Breathe deeply. Meditate and raise the energetic signature of your body to create flow and coherence. Release blockages and beliefs which no longer serve you, all with a gratitude and understanding that what was once helpful is no longer needed. Maintaining health is sometimes like clearing out your closet of items you no longer wear or need. Talk to your cells and thank them for loving and supporting you every moment of every day.