What we really don't want to look at

I have found the following on JihadGene's blog http://jihadgene-greatreader.blogspot.com/

and I feel the urge to share this with you, because I feel that this is one of the topics where people usually tend to look away and also because I don't think, people can imagine at all, what it's like to be in such a situation. So it may be interesting and good to shed some light on the subject.

But first of all JihadGene's short article:

Rest In Peace SFC Kevin Dupont

On June 17th (Wednesday) US Army Platoon Sergeant, SFC Kevin Dupont, died from wounds received in combat (Afghanistan). He was a fighter and fought death for many weeks at Brooke Army Hospital, Fort Sam Houston. Our prayers continue for his wife Lisa, and all who loved, lived life, and served with him. God be with you.

(Article from BlackFive HERE.)

(Send condolences HERE.)

When you then click on the BlackFive-link and read the entire story, you realize just how long he held on to his body and under which conditions. People often ask me why I seem to be interested in "the dark side of life" or mention some rather unpleasant details in the books that I write... I do that because these things are unfortunately part of our lives. They don't vanish just because we'd rather not look at them. They are and remain there, until we look at them, see them the way they really are and act accordingly!

The story of SFC Kevin Dupont is extremely tragic and what he had to go through was horrible beyond believe, but you know while there are still people out there who are willing to pay the highest price so that others can live a better life... I think the least we can do, is to look at it - look at how they live and how they die.
And as for looking away - everything that we can't face will follow us - for all eternity - until we finally decide that confronting it, is in fact the lesser evil.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not writing this article, in order to rubb this particular message into anyone, this is afterall a health blog. So the connection is naturally health-related and a matter that should be relevant to all of us.

Reading his posted "journal" and the BlackFive-article, it seems that 65% of Kevin Dupont's body had sustained 3rd degree-burns. And the completely horrible thing was, that naturally, having been locked into a vehicle while the flames were eating it up, he also had sustained internal burns - of his lungs - because the air is just so incredible hot when you're in a confined space which also happens to be on fire...!

A condition like that brings along many challenges - it's difficult/impossible for the patient to maintain the body core temperatur, infection is an issue and how his kidneys will deal with the challenge is another. Without even getting into amputations and transplants, I'm sure anybody can see that controlling the patient's pain is a critical and most important issue. Afterall when life is plain hell, why should anybody bother hanging on to his body?

And that is exactly the point of this post: We think we can do anything in life and if it goes wrong there will be medical staff with their expertese, drugs and equipment standing by in order to handle what we then no longer can take responsibility for ourselves. We expect them to be our security net.
But when one takes a closer look at what they actually have to offer and what exactly it is the individual patient will experience then, you're definitely in for a very big surprise!

Many people think that an induced coma means a patient is asleep and doesn't notice anything anymore... well he's asleep alright, having a terrible nightmare from which he can't wake! Not being able to complain about it does not mean that the patient is fine! It means whatever happens he has to endure quietly, without any possiblilty of himself establishing contact with his environment or raising his voice!

There is also the widely spread idea that morphine will solve anything... the truth is, it depends on the patients willingness of wanting to go unconscious. If you do allow a drug to dope you off, well then you can experience some pain relief, but if you're the type who thinks it's most important to stay in present time and hang on to that slim chance of still reserving some selfcontrol over your body and your fait... then they can give you enough for you to stop breathing and you will still be in agony! You will just be too paralized to express it towards your surroundings!

On the other hand, an epidural and other local and regional anaesthetics do actually tend to work quite well...

So what I am calling here for is respect for the patient, respect for the fact that you are dealing with a human being here, a soul that is still there, with all perceptions... even when he/she is uncontious.

Don't dope off people, if there is any alternative at all. Talk to them, adress them as if they were there - because in fact they really are! Though an uncontious person or a person in a coma can not respond, in almost all cases the person is still around, either inside the body or at least next to it. So do addess the person as you usually did, do comfort him/her by all means, do give the patient a chance to respond and express his/her own wishes - f. ex. by saying things that you could imagine would be of his/her concern and then say "For "yes" do squeeze my hand" or "...touch my finger" or "...roll your eyes" - anything at all to give the patient a chance of feeling at least slightly in control of the situation and his/her body!

Don't think that this is a situation you and those you love could never end up in, because you're not volunteering for a tour of duty like Kevin did. Most people end up in trauma-center on perfectly innocent and peaceful backgrounds. Which is not to say, that you should from now on be afraid that it will happen to you - one can prepare for the vast mayority of incidents so they will never happen - if it's only by being here in present time or leading a fairly healthy life...

However... the point here is not to make people afraid! The real message is: treat others like you would like to be treated, try to imagine what they can feel and hear and act accordingly. Much suffering will be avoided this way and the fruits that you will harvest for such kindness are the sweetest you can imagine! Everything comes back to us in some way or another and it's people like that, in situations like those, who have the power to make all the difference and who contribute enourmously to a better world. They are in fact true heros as well as saints - well... at least from my point of view!

And speaking of heros and saints... I am glad that Kevin Dupont's suffering is finally over, even though I really would have wished that he would have pulled through! However at least there's an end to the agony and that is some consolation.

To his so incredibly dedicated and devoted wife I would like to offer my condolences and express my admiration for all that she's done for him - I am not sure if I would have been able to cope with everything she's had to go through while at the same time providing him with all the love and support... This must be quite a trauma for her as well and yet still she found the strength to give and care so unselfishly. All my best wishes and respect for her!

additional info from the CaringBridge-site:

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A piece of sky

Does anyone remember Yentle? (No this post is not for the gay community...! Keep on reading guys, you can crack up laughing when we're done.)
This is seriuos talk. Very, very serious - lighthearted stuff about the heavy question WHY.
- Why the fuck can't I get to where I wanna go???!!!

The other day, when I was taking a series of pictures featuring the sky, the great closing scene of the movie Yentle came to my mind.

I have always loved the sky - never cared about the limits - always believed we could go higher, do more and can in fact be free of more or less everything that ties us down - if only we decide to do so.

(See this http://aboutmybooks.blogspot.com/2009/05/cease-fire.html
post for further clarification)

Truth is: what makes one survive, is the ability to adapt and deal with the given conditions, while keeping an eye on the goal and the vision that is guiding one. It's about never loosing sight, never giving up, pushing through no matter what and lasting as long as it takes.

But it's not about blindly following orders on a suicide-mission, it's a very selfdetermined choice, that leads the way.
Unless we're talking about a level of operating that is needed by a group to survive, both the vision, the goal and the means are chosen by the individual himself. But once he has made his choice he won't get very far unless he also has chosen an ethical attitude, is committed to his goal to such a degree that he will endure whatever it takes to reach it.

Many people have beautiful dreams and things they think they would like to do one day. But the difference between the dreamers and the "doers" is simply that those that are successful are completely committed to going all the way. And because they keep on walking, it doesn't matter if they do occassionally lose their way. They keep walking alright! And after they've been everywhere, they'll also some day end up where they actually had intended to go. Simply because they never gave up and kept at it.

There are two things that will help though: one is knowing in which direction to go. And for that it is nescessary not to lose sight. And what do you do when you get lost? Climb up the highest point you can find - a tree, a mountain... anything that gives you an overview, so you can get your bearings!
That's why the sky. Great view, great perspective. Once up there you have zoomed out, have distanced yourself from the distraction and can re-focus in order to be even more goal-directed.

The other thing is attitude. Most people would agree to endurance being the result of selfdiscipline. But to be honest: so is a posive attitude!

Anyway here are the beautiful lyrics and the video of the song - enjoy and get inspired! Below you'll find the sunshine-award:





Tell me where
Where is it written
What it is Im meant to be?
That I cant dare...

It all began the day I found
That from my window
I could only see
A piece of sky.
I stepped outside and looked around,
I never dreamed it was so wide
Or even half as high.

The time had come
(papa, can you hear me? )
To try my wings
(papa, are you near me? )
And even thought it seemed at any moment I could fall,
I felt the most
(papa, can you see me? )
Amazing things,
(can you understand me? )
The things you cant imagine
If youve never flown at all.

Though its safer to stay on the ground,
Sometimes where danger lies
There the sweetest of pleasures are found.
No matter where I go-
Therell be memries that tug at my sleeve
But there will also be
More to question yet more to believe.

(oh tell me where-
Where is the someone who will turn to look at me
And want to sahre
My evry sweet-imagined possibility? )

The more I live - the more I learn.
The more I learn - the more I realize
The less I know.
Each step I take-
(papa, Ive a voice now!)
Each page I turn-
(papa, Ive a choice now!)
Each mile I travel only means
The more I have to go.
Whats wrong with wanting more?
If you can fly - then soar!
With all there is - why settle for
Just a piece of sky?

Papa, I can hear you...
Papa, I can see you...
Papa, I can feel you...
Papa, watch me fly!



So this one goes out to the folks who shall be blessed with sunshine
first person that comes to mind is

Phos - for his, I hope!, joke on a swizz blog, you know the one about canned sunshine - funny - ha! Just don't go ahead and do it, pal!

next one is Mammazan - this italian mamma does spread a lot of sunshine, what could be more fitting than this mediterrainian award?!

Ex-Ranger: thought you could use it on your garden and all other illusions...

Jack, for the little one, for the bottled patch, the drunk victims, but most of all for your spiritual visions, Sir!

Sharon, I know you love dancing in the sunshine...

Berry, for your love towards all creatures great and small

Kathrin, for welcoming me into her artistic spiritual blog

James, for trying to save the world, but just in case we don't succed... hell we can still nuke it!

Strumelia, for her wonderful musical blog

Diane, for her sunny spirit

LazyKing, because it's much better to be lazy in the sun...

JihadGene, I know you're with Phos on that one... so I won't introduce you to each other, especially because he wants to send it your way, great reader... meanwhile get all the gurls out of the way, or was it gurrrls?

AnaLys - you've got sunshine in your name, how can I not give you the award?!

Mike - because I am really sorry for taking so long with the guest post and for leaving you in the dark until now...

Ike - one can never get too much sunshine down there in Texas, can one?!

and finally M, you'll need it during the long winters up there!


Thanks Brad - mille gracia! - for providing me with this hot give-away!
http://heretoannarbor.blogspot.com/

10 things about myself

I read both on Foamy's and Diane's blog

http://www.blogger.com/profile/14394546886035933252


http://hereismyheart-dianne.blogspot.com/


the 10 things about them and thought that they are both such nice and lovely ladies and I am not at all like that. So here comes my contrast-post, so you can all get a complete shock and see what a pig I really am...


1) Diamonds are a girls best friend - so they say! Truth is, I really don't care much for jevellery at all, unless it's a true piece of art and then I wouldn't wear it, I would just gaze at it and admire it like a precious painting. Also the life I live... I couldn't possibly wear anything at all without it catching anywhere or a finger getting torn off... My husband and I only wore wedding rings on our wedding day, after that we put them discretely away.
- Still... who says diamonds are not for me... just got myself a nice diamond-sharpner in Lapland - and it really works as well as I had hoped... gut the cuts to prove it!


2) pms, sex and cheating...
My husband knows if he wants to live, he won't make any remarks about pms!
Sex: have been married to the same guy for more than 20 years (and known him for 7 more) and we have 2 children, so we must have done it at least twice... no wait, the first one was with my ex... alright then: we did it at least once, but that one must definitely have been really good - to last this long!!!
Cheating: too exhausting! Can't fit it into my schedule... and besides the ole man is really cute... why else would I have stayed with him all that time?!

another girlie-thing: shopping! I buy tools, building materials, food, houses and that sort of thing - everything second hand - except for the food of course! I never eat in restaurants (why pay for getting food poisoning?) and make lots of stuff myself that others would pay for - trying to keep the "latte-factor" down you know...


4) faith: I was brought up to believe that everybody who had a believe or a religion he was happy with, was a manipulated idiot. But those were the words of the people who for a good reason did not to believe in God or any sort of higher ground and couldn't see beyond basic physical needs.
Their actions were in fact pretty bad and believing in judgement day, life after death, God as a higher being, higher states of excistence... any sort of thing like that would have had the consequence that they either would have needed to come to terms with their crimes or sins, if you want to call it that or that they would probably have concluded that they would rot in hell forever.
They chose to ignore all of that, committed even more harmful acts and yes, I suppose they really are rotting in hell eternally. Because unless you decide to look for higher ground, establish a code of honor for yourself and find the guts to face both yourself and your actions... you are lost and there is only the way down. True enough, that course can always be reversed, but who's got the guts to do it? It's a really, really tough thing to do and I absolutely admire people who have committed terrible crimes but manged to turned it all around afterwards and are working on making up the damage. nobody is innocent but very few have got in them to admit it and to do soemthing about it!

God to me is everywhere. You just have to open your heart and act in the image of God. Your concious will guide you. I see love and understanding as the essence of God and I really believe in that to show us the way. I respect people's religions, many of them have a lot of good ideas and wisdom in them. But I personally keep my own counsel.



4) turn ons: I love the Arctic, would love to move either to the north coast of Norway or somewhere on the west coast of Ireland, or REALLY north! I need the stormy weather and the wind! Makes me feel alive, love nature, rough terrain and sunrises and sunsets.

I appreciate a good sense of humor, definitely! If you don't even have that, you're really fucked, when the going gets tough!

Being able to cope with any situation and being able to face the truth are qualities I admire in people and which I need of those who are close to me.

Turn offs:
Treason is something that completely freaks me out and people who manipulate and suppress others and those who do their dirty work for them and won't admit it.


5) have always dreamt of having a little amphibium up north, but the truth is, I may never get aPPL this lifetime and I don't even have a driver's licence - but who cares about that? The only place I need to drive is in the far north and no bear is gonna come and check me out there...


6) patience is something I admire in other people, but honestly I'm really lousy at it and I have a hard time not commanding people around. Sorry...


7) I do get the job done and I appreciate honesty and find selfdiscipline and organization most important. I live by a code of honor and my actions are on the whole for the greatest good, I do not consider my own survival to be more important than what is for the greatest good. I do not believe what people say. I judge them only by statistcs, actions and in concept. I can not be bought, sold, bribed, blackmailed or tortured to do what others want. I live what I believe and there's no dirt to dig up, because I actually do have clean hands. - As for the rest of my body... well those lovely ladies are just sooo clean and civilized! I'm not like that at all, I fit into the category "pig" I would say. The only cosmetics I use are toothpaste and shampoo - that's it! And it's gotta be as ecological as possible! But when it comes to food - you'll find nowhere cleaner than what I prepare!


8) Funny enough, both Diane and Foamy write about lack of a sense of direction. I wonder if this is a coincidence and what would be typical. Hm... well, it's completely the opposite with me, I don't need a compass to orientate myself, I more or less always know where I am and my husband uses me often when we're abroad to get us home. But I suck at reading maps. Or at least maps in connection with sign posts that really don't harmonize. So I usually drop the map, take look at the sun and remember how many times we've gone in which direction... works perfectly and I never get lost.
Another aspect of direction: I don't believe in any established system or education. I never swallow any lies without checking things out myself. We home-schooled our youngest successfully and I am also the family's "doctor", taking care of minor surgeries as well...


9) memory: I've got a lousy memory for names and numbers, because I don't wanna waste any attention on those - makes things too complex. But otherwise I have a very good and detailed memory, estimate correctly and am able to predict the future and human behaviour very well. I do believe in past-lives. Didn't used to though, but after having been often enough close to death, it's kind of interesting what you experience, if you chose to keep your eyes open...

10) romance and health: never took street drugs and all the psychopharmica I had this lifetime amount to half a pill of valium, which the police insited on after an accident, because they really didn't like my testimony - and who can say it didn't work? They shut up immediately! Anyway... have always eaten fairly healthy, don't drink alcohol, coffee, tea or smoke... like Bourbon though... but don't really drink it anymore, only use alcohol as a spice or for disinfection...
Doesn't mean though I have a perfect body. Have lived a tough life, mostely under what felt like pretty mercyless conditions, and that kind of thing leaves its traces. But that's a choice you make. You can't both have your cake and eat it.

Romance... hm... so important to others... and perhaps I really should do something about it and act a little more romantic... well maybe... but I still have other things to do and how romantic can it get anyway when the guy you're not just superfically in love with, but who you actually do love and have been loving for ages, is also your best friend and thinks and does the same things that you do? The element of surprise and the distance you need in order to make your romantic attempts of getting closer are gone. You are close. As close as it can get! Sometimes it really shocks me, when he doesn't only think what I think, but also phrazes it in exactly the very same words! - Well at least one can't say that we live in different worlds and are keeping secrets from each other... We do have the same targets and goals, do somehow manage to stay on track together to reach them... and that's also something, isn't it?

We also don't have distant relationships to our boys, they're very close to us as well and we don't only share our life with them by often being physically in the same location, we are also spiritually and idialically close.

Hate distance! Can't see why not all mankind should be this close. We could all be best friends if it wasn't for the lies and treason of a very few covert cowards who are pushing a sick agenda...

Mind you gentleness is something very different to romance and my husband truely is a British gentleman. But when it comes to me... well there's nothing gentle about me, I am the total opposite, but I try to be a good girl and try to be more considerate... He by the way has also been the real mother in the family with all that soft and sweet stuff. I on the other hyand have taught my sons disciplin and how to stand up for themselves and what they know to be right and that can't be underestimated either. You need both qualities. We work together, so all areas are getting covered and resources used best.

So, I bet you all now think I really am the worst kind of an excuse for a female, and everybody's complete nightmare... don't you? But don't worry, you're not alone. My boys will agree to that - without hesitation!

HELP FOR PEOPLE WITH AN ADDICTION-PROBLEM

I HAD PREVIOUSLY WRITTEN ABOUT ADDICTION AND THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING ONE CAN DO. A FRIEND SENT ME SOME ADDRESSES THE OTHER DAY:

AUSTRIA: www.Narconon.at.


GERMANY:
NARCONON Bayern e.V.
Drogenprävention und Selbsthilfe
Postfach 440532
80754 München
Tel. 089 23 68 44 60
anfrage@narconon.de
www.narconon.de

THE WHOLE WORLD AND THE US:
www.Narconon.com.

DENMARK:
+45 59279147 and +45 24873147
info@narconon.dk www.narconon.dk

THE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT NARCONON IS THAT THEY DON'T USE DRUGS AND OTHER HARMFUL METHODS IN ORDER TO GET PEOPLE OFF DRUGS. THEY DE-TOX THE BODY AND HANDLE THE PROBLEMS WHICH GOT PEOPLE IN TROUBLE AND THAT'S A WHOLE LOT MORE CONSTRUCTIVE THAN WHAT PEOPLE DO ELSE WHERE.

BECAUSE SOME OTHER PLACES THEY JUST DO THE MOST INSANE AND DESTRUCTIVE THINGS... WANTCH A PROGRAM A BOUT A RUSSIAN , PSYCHICATRIC MILITARY HOSPITAL NOT SO LONG AGO... UNBELIEVEBLE! AND PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER IN ORDER TO (ON FREE WILL!!!) SPENT THAT MONEY ON SOMETHING THAT HARMFUL AND DESTRUCTIVE, BECAUSE IT SEEMS AN EASY WAY OUT! THEY DON'T REALIZE AT ALL WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE!!! WERE THEY ALL ASLEEP DURING THE COLD WAR?! DO THEY REALLY HAVE NO CLUE AT ALL WHERE THAT COMES FROM?! BUT AT LEAST THE OUTCOME SHOULD BE OBVIOUS: THOSE PEOPLE WILL NEVER BE FREE OF ANYTHING, EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT FIXERS ANYMORE... UNBELIEVEBLE WHAT SOME DOCTORS CAN DO TO THEIR PATIENTS IN BROAD DAY LIGHT AND EVEN GET PRAISED FOR IT!!!

SO THAT'S WHY I HAVE CHOSEN TO BRING NARCONON'S ADDRESS HERE.
BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME PRETTY NASTY ALTERNATIVES OUT THERE AND IF YOU DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT, CHECK THEM OUT THOURROGHLY, BEFORE YOU OR YOU LOVED ONE ENDS UP RECEIVING MEDICAL TREATMENT THAT WILL DESTROY HIM/HER FOREVER!

Really scary... VIRUS AND TERRORISTS AND PSYCHOLOGY

Recently many people have been talking about torture and who's to be held responsible and the BIG, big terror threats that we should all be so incredible afraid of...

Well the text below is from a CCHR-e-mail that I have received recently and the first thing is of course that I am pleased to see that Ron Paul is continuing to serve his country in a decent manner even though most people did probably not even notice that he had wanted to have a crack at the oval office last time around... but he really seems to be quite a good guy and I appreciate that he keeps on fighting for human rights and important issues.

Anyway, if you click on the link in the CCHR-text, you will see a list of very interesting articles, one of them revealing:"Psychologists Called the "Architects" of the CIA Torture Techniques"

and another juicy one:

"What's behind groups that promote National Mental Health Screening? Millions in Pharma funding"

And yes, all this meadia-scare is really scary... for some - I think, they are scared that you will find out that you can actually do something about it and won't be able to fall for their BS any longer...

Here's the CCHR-text:

"Congressman Ron Paul has reintroduced The Parental Consent Act to stop federal funds being used for universal "mental health" screening of kids.

Read about the Parental Consent Act 2009 here: http://www.twitter.com/cchrint

Stay alert. Stay updated. Follow CCHR Int on Twitter. Sign up now."

RECENT EVENTS - Virus-A

Due to recent events I decided to add a few things to this post, because I know many people are thinking and worrying about it right now. It's about influenza-A (swine-flu).

The good news is: not only Danish health authorities came foreward with statements saying that it afterall looks very simular to the "ordinary flu" we're used to. No greater risks afterall and the lady here in DK who's got it is already doing much better and will from today no longer have to be in isolation.

Bad news is: they're all getting treated with Tamiflu. Real Sharon's comment on the post below and read

Click on : http://phivosnicolaides.blogspot.com/2009/05/tamiflu-scandal-gilead-sciences-donald.html

then you know why I am saying this. People always perscribe and take drugs without asking or thinking about how they actually really work. Find out HOW the medication works, if it really does strengthen your body or if it just suppresses the symptoms! There are some rare occassions where it's for the greater good to suppress something on a short termbasis, until you are able to handle the cause, that is true. But in general one should always give the body a chance to "de-poison" and do a de-tox the responsible way. (I also know of plenty of MDs who would do a de-tox by just giving the patient something even more dangerous that the substance they wish to flush out, but that is obviously not the way to go!)

DE-TOX

Anyway, if you want to de-tox, use fruit-fast in a sensible, gentle manner. Nothing fanatic, nothing on too steep a gradient. Just treat your body kind and gentle, get a lot of sleep, rest, fresh air and plenty of clean water. Start up with and finish boiled veggeies on both the first and the last day and inbetween have just salads, raw fruit, nuts, freshly squeezed juices, water and essential oils in small anmounts. No spices, no coffee, nothing unhealthy at all. no brad, no boilded stuff. if you're hungry have plenty of bananas, nuts and dried fruits (without any addatives!). do thatr as long as you think it's sensible and you'll be surprised, just how much the body de-poisons! But I promise you, you will feel really, really crappy while doing it, so stay in bed and rest until you get well. Done in the wrong way, it can be dangerous, so don't mess with it, take it nice and easy and see to that you get plenty of water, sleep and eat enough healthy stuff to give your body enough energy, while he works so hard to cleanse itself!

KILL THE VIRUS

Alternatively, if you really are worried about all that bug-stuff, that they always want us to worry about... (personally I think a healthy body does just tell any bug to go to hell, no matter what penetrates it, but okay, some people really bnelieve it when others say all the bugs, terrorists and asstoroids and tax-people and whatever are out to get us...) so for anybody who wishes to kill a few germs Hulda R. Clark has does some excellent research on that. get for example her book "The cure for all cancers". Really interesting stuff! I don't agree with her entirely, have in fact a very different basis attitude to it all, but that IS one way you can kill the bugs before they eat you up from inside and I) do appreciate all the hard work she's put into her research and her intention behind it and she does come up with results.

ANTIBIOTICS

People seem to think that it is a personal choice whether you wish to take antibiotics or not. I disagree. The fact that the doctors complain about creepy crawlers becomming immune is pretty much due to our over-use of anti-biotics - f.ex. in agriculture. They effect the environment, bugs become immune and virusses mutate. and now we're all scred shit, because of what we have thought to be a miracle cure turns out to be killing us and we're caught completely defenseless. So we think. But as you can see above, you can do something about the real cause, you can de-tox and you can also start attacking whatever you wish to attack directly, either by closing the door to it's larder or with electricity. Hulda Clark writes all about that in her books.

And then there are all the herbal-fans and the witch-doctors... popular and magic, because people just love to be given something that is supposd to solve their problem, rather than handling it the hard way, by taking respopnsibility for it themselves. But okay, once in a while it really does create an effect that is perceived as working and doesn't only add to the toxicity level of the patient's body... Anyway a popular witch-doctor-antibiotic is garlic. Well, I'm not sure how social that one is and frankly I wouldn't chose it, because it just kills and doesn't strenthen. BUT there is another natural substance which works like an antibiotic and that is ascorbic acid, also known as vitamin-C. And I can tell you: that really does work miracles!!! In it's natural form, f.ex. acerola, it has been reported to work much better, but even the chemical stuff is absolutely great!!! It's absolute miracle stuff, broken bones heal faster, it's great for the eyes, great for the gums... and it really strengthens your immune system like nothing else!

The only thing that I should mention here, is that if you take vitamin C in high doses over a longer time, it might be smart to consider if it's balanced with all the other vitamins that you are taking. See to that you get enough of the others as well, so you don't suffer from imbalances.

THE REAL TERROR AND THE TRUE SWINE PLAGUE

You might wanna take a look at the Avaaz-e-mail below, which I received the other day. I personally live in the country and in Denmark the farmers are now urged to use certain filters in order to prodetc their environment from the stench of their pig-farms. But these farms - no matter which animals get mistreated there - are a true plague. they polute our environment and bread deseases. I personally boykott that sort of business by not buying their products and support independent farmers instead who give their aninmals a good life and we also add more veggetarian dishes to our menu.

here's the Avaaz-mail and perhaps you would like to take action as well... in that case you can also sign the petition, clicking on the link below:

Avaaz.org - The World in Action"No-one yet knows whether swine flu will become a global pandemic, but it is becoming clear where it came from – most likely a giant pig factory farm run by an American multinational corporation in Veracruz, Mexico.(1)

These factory farms are disgusting and dangerous, and they're rapidly multiplying. Thousands of pigs are brutally crammed into dirty warehouses and sprayed with a cocktail of drugs -- posing a health risk to more than just our food -- they and their manure lagoons create the perfect conditions to breed dangerous new viruses like swine flu. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) must investigate and develop regulations for these farms to protect global health.

Big agrobusiness will try to obstruct and scuttle any attempts at reform, so we need a massive outcry that health authorities can't ignore. Sign the petition below for investigation and regulation of factory farms and tell your friends and family and we will deliver it to the UN agencies. If we reach 200,000 signatures we will deliver it to the WHO in Geneva with a herd of cardboard pigs. For every 1000 petition signatures we will add a pig to the herd:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/swine_flu_pandemic

Last week the flu was all that we talked about -- Mexico has been nearly paralysed and across the world leaders halted air travel, banned pork imports and initiated drastic controls to mitigate the spreading virus. As the threat shows signs of subsiding the question becomes where it came from and how we stop another outbreak.

Smithfield Corporation, the largest pig producer in the world whose farm is being fingered as the source of the H1N1 outbreak, denies any connection between their pigs and the flu and big agrobusiness worldwide pays huge sums of money for research to argue that biosafety is ensured in industrial hog production. But the WHO has been saying for years that 'a new pandemic is inevitable'(2) and experts from the European Commission and the FAO have cautioned that the rapid move from small holdings to industrial pig production is in fact increasing the risk of development and transmission of disease epidemics. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warn that scientists still do not know the extent that infectious compounds produced in factory farms affect human health.(3)

Studies abound of the horrific conditions endured by pigs in concentrated large-scale operations, and the devastating economic impact on small farmer communities of bloated large-scale operations.(4) Smithfield itself has already been fined $12.6m and is currently under another federal investigation in the US for toxic environmental damage from pig excrement lakes.(5)

But even with all of this damaging evidence, a combination of increased global meat consumption and a powerful industry motivated by profit at the cost of human health, means that instead of being shut down - these sickening factory farm operations are propagating around the world and we are subsidising them (6). In the wake of this swine flu threat, let's hold industrial pig producers to account. Sign the petition for investigation and regulation:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/swine_flu_pandemic

If we resolve this global health crisis boldly by reassessing our food consumption and production, and urgently calling for an inquiry into the impact of factory farms on human health, we could put in place tough farm practice rules that will save the global population from future animal borne lethal pandemics.

http://www.avaaz.org/en/swine_flu_pandemic

in hope,

Alice, Pascal, Graziela, Paul, Brett, Ben, Ricken, Iain, Paula, Luis, Raj, Veronique, Milena, Margaret, Taren and the whole Avaaz team

(1) Biosurveillance report tracing the disease to the Smithfields farm: http://biosurveillance.typepad.com/biosurveillance/2009/04/swine-flu-in-mexico-timeline-of-events.html
Reports on the link between the Mexican factory farm and the flu:
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/for-la-gloria-the-stench-of-blame-is-from-pig-factories-1675809.html

http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-fg-mexico-flu28-2009apr28,0,1701782.story

http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=can-swine-flu-be-blamed-on-industri-09-05-01

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227063.800-swine-flu-the-predictable-pandemic.html?full=true

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-kirby/swine-flu-outbreak----nat_b_191408.html

(2) WHO pandemic information
http://www.euro.who.int/influenza/20080618_19

(3) FAO, EC and CDC reports on the risks of industrial farming on public health
FAO and CIWF and http://www.cdc.gov/cafos/about.htm

(4) CIWF and PETA video reports of the disgusting conditions for animals in factory farms and the disease ridden manure swamps:
CIWF and PETA

(5) Reports on Smithfield's animal welfare and environmental damage
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/for-la-gloria-the-stench-of-blame-is-from-pig-factories-1675809.html

http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/press/releases/new-report-highlights-the-trouble-with-smithfield-article03132008

http://avaazimages.s3.amazonaws.com/SmithfieldJan08.pdf

(6) Reports on UK tax payers subsidising factory farms http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/agriculture/farming/5225298/Taxpayers-forking-out-700-million-for-factory-farming-in-England.html

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ABOUT AVAAZ Avaaz.org is an independent, not-for-profit global campaigning organization that works to ensure that the views and values of the world's people inform global decision-making. (Avaaz means "voice" in many languages.) Avaaz receives no money from governments or corporations, and is staffed by a global team based in Ottawa, London, Rio de Janeiro, New York, Buenos Aires, and Geneva. Call us at: +1 888 922 8229 or +55 21 2509 0368 Click here to learn more about our largest campaigns. Don't forget to check out our Facebook and Myspace and Bebo pages!"

Serious health risk!

You probably have heard of the latest health threat.
Well, my recommendation is: Don't do the above more than ten times a day, otherwise you're in the risk zone, especially if you are a pig!

On the lighter side... there is still "natural hygjene" and different de-toxes one can do...

(no this is not one of my boys on the picture... they're not that clean... but one of them send it to me, some of his collegues found it on the net...)

attitude versus physical problems

First of all, I would like to thank everybody who commented on the previous post and also for sharing both your good and bad experiences. It really means a lot to me and I have to say, I was quite amazed by all the warm and compassionate thoughts and good wishes but your comments were also full of all kinds of usefull information and I found it very interesting to see how people relate to their own bodies and what problems and challenges they face. It was also interesting to oberve certain simularities! Somethings do in general seem to be good (like massages), whereas others do almost always seem to turn out badly.

Another interesting topic is attitude.
I just read in the local papers that they are now running courses for people so they can learn to live with chronic deseases. Imagine that! Rather than helping them, they now wanna teach them to accept more or less anything and just quietly keep on swallowing their pills... how sick can it get?

Yet there is also posive power connected with attitude. The most powerful thing a person can do, is change the way how he/she feels about something. Yet I don't mean, that we should just accept our fait, but if we can enlighten ourselves, that would be a different matter, wouldn't it?!
The way we see the world is the way we will experience it.
Which brings me to an e-mail, I received quite some time ago. You know that sort of mail "buy my new book, it's absolutely the most amazing thing on this planet...!" But that story was really quite something! A guy who was born with twisted legs, ended up being a kid that was overweight, hyperactive, unpopular und depressed. The doctors said they could help, all they had to do, was break both legs and then who knows, maybe it would even grow back together...

Needless to say, that was nothing he fancied and so he had the idea, what if I started walking a lot and then perhaps walking a bit faster...? So he did that, all on a gradient, until he felt it was trime to start jogging, then running and before he knew it, his newly develloped strong muscles had pulled the twisted bones into place! guess what? They guy eventually became a marathon runner!!!

So perhaps that is also somthing many people can apply who have back problems? certainly worth a try, as long as one does it on a gradient and doesn't do anything which is directly damaging for the spine.